Identification of a common T/natural killer cell progenitor in human fetal thymus.

doi:10.1084/jem.180.2.569

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Identification of a common T/natural killer cell progenitor in human fetal thymus.

The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Aug 1994

Sánchez M J, Muench M O, Roncarolo M G, Lanier L L, Phillips J H

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The phenotypic similarities between natural killer (NK) and T cells have led to the hypothesis that these distinctive lymphocyte subsets may be developmentally related and thus may share a common progenitor (Lanier, L. L., H. Spits, and J. H. Phillips, 1992. Immunol. Today. 13:392; Rodewald, H.-R...

Topics

Animals
Antigens, CD
Antigens, CD34
Cell Differentiation
Cell Separation
Flow Cytometry
Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Humans
Interleukin-2
Killer Cells, Natural
Mice
Phenotype
T-Lymphocytes
Thymus Gland

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