Characterization of thymic nurse-cell lymphocytes, using an improved procedure for nurse-cell isolation.

doi:10.1155/1993/43482

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Characterization of thymic nurse-cell lymphocytes, using an improved procedure for nurse-cell isolation.

Developmental immunology - 1 Jan 1993

Lahoud M, Vremec D, Boyd R L, Shortman K

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Thymic nurse cells (TNC), multicellular complexes consisting of lymphoid cells enclosed within cortical epithelial cells, were isolated from mouse thymus by a modified procedure allowing immunofluorescent labeling and flow cytometric analysis of their lymphoid contents (TNC-L). Collagenase was th...

Topics

Animals
Biomarkers
CD3 Complex
CD4 Antigens
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
CD8 Antigens
Cell Separation
Female
Flow Cytometry
Mice
Mice, Inbred CBA
Phenotype
T-Lymphocyte Subsets
T-Lymphocytes
Thymus Gland

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