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. 1987 Nov 1;166(5):1603–1608. doi: 10.1084/jem.166.5.1603

An intermediate cell in thymocyte differentiation that expresses CD8 but not CD4 antigen

PMCID: PMC2189644  PMID: 3500264

Abstract

Thymocytes of CD4-,CD8+,OX-44- phenotype have been shown to be an intermediate of thymopoiesis that give rise to cells of CD4+, CD8+, OX- 44- normal cortical thymocyte phenotype both in vitro and in vivo during thymic regeneration.

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