Alternative NF-κB signaling regulates mTEC differentiation from podoplanin-expressing presursors in the cortico-medullary junction

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2218-2231

  Onder, Lucas ^a   Nindl, Veronika ^a   Scandella, Elke ^a   Chai, Qian ^a   Cheng, Hung Wei ^a   Caviezel Firner, Sonja ^a   Novkovic, Mario ^a   Bomze, David ^a   Maier, Reinhard ^a   Mair, Florian ^b   Ledermann, Birgit ^b   Becher, Burkhard ^b   Waisman, Ari ^c   Ludewig, Burkhard ^a,b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortico medullary junction; MTec; Nuclear factor kappa B(NF B); Podoplanin; Progenitor precursor; T cell selection; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD205 ANTIGEN; CD249 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; PODOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GP38 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TARGETING; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

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

EID: 84938958437     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201545677     Document Type: Article

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