Flt3 ligand regulates the development of innate lymphoid cells in fetal and adult mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2561-2571

  Baerenwaldt, Anne ^a   Von Burg, Nicole ^a   Kreuzaler, Matthias ^a   Sitte, Selina ^b   Horvath, Edit ^a   Peter, Annick ^a   Voehringer, David ^b   Rolink, Antonius G ^a   Finke, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD135 ANTIGEN; FLT3 LIGAND; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FLT3 LIGAND PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PEYER'S PATCHES;

EID: 84962608603     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501380     Document Type: Article

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