Young, proliferative thymic epithelial cells engraft and function in aging thymuses

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4784-4795

  Kim, Mi Jeong ^a,b   Miller, Christine M ^a,b,c,d   Shadrach, Jennifer L ^a,b,c,d   Wagers, Amy J ^a,b,c,d   Serwold, Thomas ^a,b  

^a JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Harvard University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENGRAFTMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE REGENERATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARABIOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PARABIOSIS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84929095851     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1403158     Document Type: Article

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