Border control: Anatomical origins of the thymus medulla

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2203-2207

  Anderson, Graham ^a   Jenkinson, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central tolerance; Epithelial cells; Stem cells; T cell; Thymus

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; PODOPLANIN; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL RENEWAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NF-KAPPA B; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84938850311     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201545829     Document Type: Article

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