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Thymic epithelial cell

Known as: TEC, Epithlelial cell of thymus gland, Epithelial reticular cell 
A reticular epithelial cell generated in the thymus that affects T-lymphocyte cell production. Thymic epithelial cells are organized in a three… 
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2002
2002
Interferons Mediate Terminal Differentiation of Human Cortical Thymic Epithelial Cells
ABSTRACT In the thymus, epithelial cells comprise a heterogeneous population required for the generation of functional T… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
The Tec family protein-tyrosine kinases: a subset of kinases for a subset of signalings.
The Tec family has emerged recently as a subfamily among nonreceptor type protein-tyrosine kinases, consisting of Tec, Btk, Itk… 
1995
1995
The Role of Thymocytes in Regulating Thymic Epithelial Cell Growth and Function
The basic tenet underlying the present work and supported by recent studies is that there is a dialogue between developing… 
1995
1995
Characterization of human thymic epithelial cell surface antigens: Phenotypic similarity of thymic epithelial cells to epidermal keratinocytes
Cellular interactions between developing thymocytes and cells of the thymic microenvironment are necessary for maturation of… 
1994
1994
Thymic epithelial cell lines that mediate positive selection can also induce thymocyte clonal deletion.
Negative selection of potentially autoreactive thymocytes occurs mainly in the thymus and is thought to be induced primarily by… 
1991
1991
A novel integrin involved in thymocyte-thymic epithelial cell interactions
Thymocytes differentiate in the thymic microenvironment into immunocompetent T cell through the interaction with a variety of… 
1990
1990
Selective elimination of double‐positive immature thymocytes by a thymic epithelial cell line
A cloned epithelial cell line, TEL‐2, has been established from the stroma tissues of normal mouse thymus. Incubation of mouse… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Immature human thymocytes can be driven to differentiate into nonlymphoid lineages by cytokines from thymic epithelial cells.
The signals and cellular interactions required for hematopoietic stem-cell commitment to the T lineage are unknown, yet are… 
1981
1981
Effects of steroids on the secretion of immunoregulatory factors by thymic epithelial cell cultures.
Rat thymic epithelial cells were cultured for 39 days in the presence of various concentrations of oestradiol, testosterone… 
1978
1978
Age-dependent loss in New Zealand mice of morphological and functional characteristics of thymic epithelial cells.
The growth and immunologic characteristics of in vitro cultured thymic epithelial cells from NZB, NZW, NZB/W, BALB/c, DBA/2… 
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