Conditioned deletion of ephrinB1 and/or ephrinB2 in either thymocytes or thymic epithelial cells alters the organization of thymic medulla and favors the appearance of thymic epithelial cysts

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 517-529

  Cejalvo, Teresa ^a   Munoz, Juan J ^a   Tobajas, Esther ^a   Alfaro, David ^a   García Ceca, Javier ^a   Zapata, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cysts; Eph ephrin; Medulla; Thymic epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

EFNB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EFNB2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN B2;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEFICIENCY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEDIASTINUM CYST; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELL NICHE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPHRIN-B1; EPHRIN-B2; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELL NICHE; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84935097657     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-014-1296-9     Document Type: Article

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