Relb acts downstream of medullary thymic epithelial stem cells and is essential for the emergence of RANK+ medullary epithelial progenitors

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 857-862

  Baik, Song ^a   Sekai, Miho ^b   Hamazaki, Yoko ^b   Jenkinson, William E ^a   Anderson, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foxn1; Stem cell; Thymic epithelium; Thymic microenvironments; Thymus; TNF receptor superfamily

Indexed keywords

FOXN1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD15 ANTIGEN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RELB PROTEIN, MOUSE; TNFRSF11A PROTEIN, MOUSE; WHN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; MEDULLARY EPITHELIAL PROGENITOR; MEDULLARY THYMIC EPITHELIAL STEM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; THYMIC MEDULLA; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; NUDE MOUSE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD15; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR-KAPPA B; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB;

EID: 84959421084     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201546253     Document Type: Article

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