[Phenotypic and functional analysis of thymic nurse cell (TNC)-lymphocytes].

Abstract excerpt

Thymic nurse cells (TNC) are epithelial cells containing intact T-cells engulfed within membrane-lined vacuoles in their cytoplasm. Since thymic epithelial cells strongly express MHC class I and II antigens, these lymphoid-epithelial complexes have been considered to provide an optimal micro-envi...

Topics

• Animals
• Antigens, CD
• Chickens
• Fluorescent Antibody Technique
• Graft vs Host Reaction
• Lymphocyte Activation
• Major Histocompatibility Complex
• Microscopy, Electron
• Phenotype
• Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
• T-Lymphocyte Subsets
• T-Lymphocytes
• Thymus Gland