Thymic epithelial cells

Pieters RHH, Albers R, Bleumink R, SnoeiJ NJ, Itoh T, Seinen W, Penninks AH (1995) The thymus atrophy-inducing organotin compound DBTC inhibits the binding of thymocytes to thymic epithelial cells. International Journal of Immunopharmacology, 17(4) 329-337. 

Klein L Promiscuous gene expression in medullary thymic epithelial cells mirrors the peripheral self Nat Immunol 2001 2 1032-1039. 

Van Santen HM, Benoist C, Mathis D Number of Treg cells that differentiate does not increase upon encounter of agonist ligand on thymic epithelial cells. J Exp Med 2004 200 1221-1230. 

In addition to the three major classes of APCs (Table 1.7) already described, a number of other cells including fibroblasts, thyroid epithelial cells, thymic epithelial cells, glial cells, endothelial cells (vascular) and pancreatic (3 cells can be induced to present antigens to T cells. These cells do not constitutively express MHC class... 

Cook JC, Greenlee WF. 1989. Characterization of a specific binding protein for 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in human thymic epithelial cells. Mol Pharmacol 35 713-719. 

Palmer DB, George AL, Ritter MA, Selection of antibodies to cell surface determiants on mouse thymic epithelial cells using a phage display library,... 

Non-professional APCs do not constitutively express the MHC proteins required for interaction with naive T-cells these are expressed only upon stimulation of the non-professional APC by certain cytokines, such as IFN-y (interferon-gamma). Non-professional APCs include fibroblasts (skin), thymic epithelial cells, thyroid epithelial cells, ghal cells (brain), pancreatic... 

TDO TE TEC Teff TE TG TGE Thl Th2 TIA d yptophan 2,3-dioxygenase echo time thymic epithelial cell T effector cells d anscripdon factor digeminal ganglia d ansforming growth factor T helper type 1 cell T helper type 2 cell d ansient ischemic attack VI VAMP VCAM primary visual cortex vesicle-associated membrane protein vascular cell adhesion molecule... 

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