Establishment of an in vitro system representing the chicken gut-associated lymphoid tissue.

The bursa of Fabricius is critical for B cell development and differentiation in chick embryos. This study describes the production in vitro, from dissociated cell suspensions, of cellular agglomerates with functional similarities to the chicken bursa. Co-cultivation of epithelial and lymphoid cells...

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Main Authors: Noorjahan Banu Alitheen, Susan Jane McClure, Swee Keong Yeap, Ye Wen Kristeen-Teo, Sheau Wei Tan, Peter McCullagh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3501491?pdf=render