Foxn1 protein expression in the developing, aging, and regenerating thymus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 5678-5687

  Rode, Immanuel ^a   Martins, Vera C ^a,b   Kublbeck, Gunter ^a   Maltry, Nicole ^a   Tessmer, Claudia ^a   Rodewald, Hans Reimer ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; FORKHEAD BOX N1 PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXN1 ANTIBODY; HEMAGGLUTININ; LY51 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; WHN PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; INFANT; INJURY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; THYMUS; TISSUE REGENERATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 7; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REGENERATION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84958267979     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1502010     Document Type: Article

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