A stromal cell free culture system generates mouse pro-T cells that can reconstitute T-cell compartments in vivo

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 932-942

  Gehre, Nadine ^a   Nusser, Anja ^a   von Muenchow, Lilly ^a   Tussiwand, Roxane ^b   Engdahl, Corinne ^a   Capoferri, Giuseppina ^a   Bosco, Nabil ^a   Ceredig, Rhodri ^c   Rolink, Antonius G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

BM transplantation; Lymphopenia; Notch ligand Delta like 4 (DL4); T cell development; Treg cell

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; DELTA LIKE 4 NOTCH LIGAND; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7; STEM CELL ANTIGEN 1; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD3E PROTEIN, MOUSE; DLL4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STROMA CELL; WASTING SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, ALPHA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PRECURSOR CELLS, T-LYMPHOID; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84924439671     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201444681     Document Type: Article

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