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Essential role of IL-7 receptor alpha in the formation of Peyer's patch anlage
1 Jan 1998
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We investigated the role of IL-7 receptor alpha (IL-7Ralpha) signal in the formation of Peyer's patch (PP) anlage. Although pan-lymphopenia is a common phenotype of rag2-/- and il7ralpha-/- mice, a close inspection revealed nodules corresponding to PP in the adult rag2-/- but not in the il7ralpha-/- mouse. In our previous study, three histologically distinct steps in the formation of PP were identified. The first...
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