EphB2 and EphB3 play an important role in the lymphoid seeding of murine adult thymus

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 883-896

  Alfaro, David ^a   García Ceca, Javier ^a   Farias De Oliveira, Desio A ^b   Terra Granado, Eugenia ^b,c   Montero Herradón, Sara ^a   Cotta De Almeida, Vinicius ^b   Savino, Wilson ^b   Zapata, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemokines; EphrinB; P selectin

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE CCL25; EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B3; MUTANT PROTEIN; PADGEM PROTEIN; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA CHEMOKINE; CCL25 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EFNB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EPHB2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOID CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; THYMIC STROMAL CELL; THYMUS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOKINE CCL21; CHEMOKINES, CC; EPHRIN-B1; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR, EPHB2; RECEPTOR, EPHB3; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84935106600     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1HI1114-568R     Document Type: Article

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