FSP1+ fibroblast subpopulation is essential for the maintenance and regeneration of medullary thymic epithelial cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sun, Lina ^a   Sun, Chenming ^a   Liang, Zhanfeng ^a   Li, Hongran ^a   Chen, Lin ^b   Luo, Haiying ^a   Zhang, Hongmei ^a   Ding, Pengbo ^a   Sun, Xiaoning ^a   Qin, Zhihai ^b   Zhao, Yong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALVASCULIN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FGF7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN-6, MOUSE; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN S 100; PTPRC PROTEIN, MOUSE; S100A4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD45; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 7; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; REGENERATION; S100 CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN A4; S100 PROTEINS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84943610351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14871     Document Type: Article

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