Homeostatic properties and phenotypic maturation of murine CD4+ pre-thymic emigrants in the thymus.

After a tightly regulated developmental program in the thymus, "mature" single positive (SP) thymocytes leave the thymus and enter the periphery. These newly arrived recent thymic emigrants (RTEs) are phenotypically and functionally immature, and will complete a dynamic maturation in the p...

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Main Authors: Jie Dong, Yu Chen, Xi Xu, Rong Jin, Fei Teng, Fan Yan, Hui Tang, Pingping Li, Xiuyuan Sun, Yan Li, Hounan Wu, Yu Zhang, Qing Ge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3569422?pdf=render