Article
Developmental dynamics of post-selection thymic DN iNKT.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Yassai Maryam, Cooley Brian, Gorski Jack
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells develop in the thymus and branch off from the maturation pathway of conventional T cell at the DP stage. While different stages of iNKT cellular development have been defined, the actual time that iNKT cell precursors spend at each stage is still unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDING: Here we report on maturation dynamics of post-selection DN iNKT cells by...
Topics
- Animals
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Hyaluronan Receptors
- Injections
- Mice
- Natural Killer T-Cells
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
- Spleen
- Thymocytes
- Thymus Gland
