T Cell Development by the Numbers

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 128-139

  Krueger, Andreas ^a   Ziętara, Natalia ^b   Łyszkiewicz, Marcin ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

computational modeling; progenitors; quantitative biology; T cells; thymus

Indexed keywords

CELL MATURATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC MODEL; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REGENERATION; REPORTER GENE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEADY STATE; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THYMUS;

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRECURSOR CELLS, T-LYMPHOID; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 85006713613     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: 14714981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2016.10.007     Document Type: Review

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