B cell stimulating factor 2/interleukin 6 is a costimulant for human thymocytes and T lymphocytes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 1253-1258

  Lotz, Martin ^a   Jirik, Frank ^a   Kabouridis, Panagiotis ^a   Tsoukas, Constantine ^b   Hirano, Toshio ^c   Kishimoto, Tadamitsu ^c   Carson, Dennis A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6;

CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

CELL DIVISION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0023920214     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.167.3.1253     Document Type: Article

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