The transcription factor NR4A1 is essential for the development of a novel macrophage subset in the thymus

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tacke, Robert ^a   Hilgendorf, Ingo ^c   Garner, Hannah ^b   Waterborg, Claire ^a   Park, Kiwon ^a   Nowyhed, Heba ^a   Hanna, Richard N ^a   Wu, Runpei ^a   Swirski, Filip K ^c   Geissmann, Frederic ^b   Hedrick, Catherine C ^a  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NR4A1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 1; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84934927579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10055     Document Type: Article

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