The Antigenic Determinant That Defines Thymic Nurse Cells Is Expressed by Thymic Epithelial Progenitor Cells

Stromal thymic epithelial cells with the multicellular structure unique to thymic nurse cells (TNCs) express the pH91 antigen on their cell surfaces. The multicellular TNC-complexes develop through an intimate association between αβTCR+CD4+CD8+ thymocytes and pH91-expressing cortical epithelial cell...

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Main Authors: Rajendra V.E Chilukuri, Viral K Patel, Marcia eMartinez, Jerry Charles Guyden, Michael Desmond Samms
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcell.2014.00013/full