Martens, Henri ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre d'immunologie
Dorban, Gauthier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Histologie humaine
Renard, Chantal
Peterson, Part
Geenen, Vincent ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre d'immunologie - Embryologie
Language :
English
Title :
Aire and Foxp3 expression in a particular microenvironment for T-cell differentiation
Publication date :
2009
Journal title :
Neuroimmunomodulation
ISSN :
1021-7401
eISSN :
1423-0216
Publisher :
S. Karger, Basel, Switzerland
Volume :
16
Pages :
35-44
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE] DG RDT - Commission Européenne. Direction Générale de la Recherche et de l'Innovation [BE] DGTRE - Région wallonne. Direction générale des Technologies, de la Recherche et de l'Énergie [BE]
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