Lymphotoxin β receptor controls T cell progenitor entry to the thymus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 197, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2665-2672

  Lucas, Beth ^a   James, Kieran D ^a   Cosway, Emilie J ^a   Parnell, Sonia M ^a   Tumanov, Alexi V ^b   Ware, Carl F ^c   Jenkinson, William E ^a   Anderson, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; PADGEM PROTEIN; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MOTION; CONGENIC STRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84989819835     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601189     Document Type: Article

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