T-cell selection in the thymus: A spatial and temporal perspective

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 114-126

  Kurd, Nadia ^a   Robey, Ellen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Chemokines; Lineage commitment specification; T cell antigen receptor; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CATHEPSIN; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3BETA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; STAT5 PROTEIN; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; AUTOANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMIC CORTEX; THYMIC MEDULLA; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE SLICE; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN MEDIATED CLONAL SELECTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; CLONAL SELECTION, ANTIGEN-MEDIATED; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84963626429     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12398     Document Type: Article

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