IL-7 is a growth and maintenance factor for mature and immature thymocyte subsets

International Immunology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 526-531

  Murray, Richard ^a   Suda, Takashi ^a   Wrighton, Nicholas ^a   Lee, Frank ^a   Ziotnik, Albert ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial cells; Interleukin 7; Proliferation; Thymus

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; EPITHELIUM CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; IN VITRO; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0024462361     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/1.5.526     Document Type: Article

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