RANK signals from CD4(+)3(-) inducer cells regulate development of Aire-expressing epithelial cells in the thymic medulla.

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Published in J Exp Med on May 14, 2007

Authors

Simona W Rossi1, Mi-Yeon Kim, Andreas Leibbrandt, Sonia M Parnell, William E Jenkinson, Stephanie H Glanville, Fiona M McConnell, Hamish S Scott, Josef M Penninger, Eric J Jenkinson, Peter J L Lane, Graham Anderson

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1: Medical Research Council Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK.

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