Thy-1+ epidermal cells in nude mice are distinct from their counterparts in thymus-bearing mice. A study of morphology, function, and T cell receptor expression.
Nixon-Fulton J, Kuziel W, Santerse B, Bergstresser P, Tucker P, Tigelaar R. Thy-1+ epidermal cells in nude mice are distinct from their counterparts in thymus-bearing mice. A study of morphology, function, and T cell receptor expression. The Journal Of Immunology 1988, 141: 1897-903. PMID: 2902136, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.141.6.1897.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, SurfaceBlotting, NorthernBlotting, SouthernCell DivisionConcanavalin ADendritic CellsEpidermal CellsEpidermisEthersFemaleInterleukin-2IonomycinMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred CBAMice, NudeReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSpecies SpecificityTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateThy-1 AntigensThymus GlandConceptsIL-2Thy-1Nude miceNormal miceLow-dose IL-2BALB/c miceT cell receptor expressionModest proliferative responseThymus-bearing miceCell receptor expressionT cell differentiationTCR-gamma transcriptsC miceReceptor expressionAthymic miceProliferative responseNormal animalsTCR mRNACalcium ionophoreEpidermal cellsMiceNormal CBACon AFollicular epitheliumPopulation of cells