Eph/ephrins-mediated thymocyte-thymic epithelial cell interactions control numerous processes of thymus biology

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  García Ceca, Javier ^a   Alfaro, David ^a   Montero Herradón, Sara ^a   Tobajas, Esther ^a   Muñoz, Juan José ^a   Zapata, Agustín G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eph; Ephrin; Thymic cell seeding; Thymic epithelium; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 84935137467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00333     Document Type: Short Survey

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