CCR4 promotes medullary entry and thymocyte-Dendritic cell interactions required for central tolerance

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1947-1965

  Hu, Zicheng ^a   Lancaster, Jessica N ^a   Sasiponganan, Chayanit ^a   Ehrlich, Lauren I R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; AUTOANTIGEN; CCR4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CCR7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DOWN REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMIC MEDULLA; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COMMUNICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL TOLERANCE; CHEMOTAXIS; DENDRITIC CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, CCR4; RECEPTORS, CCR7; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84961200940     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20150178     Document Type: Article

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