Herpesvirus saimiri immortalization of αβ and γδ human T-lineage cells derived from CD34+ intrathymic precursors in vitro

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1797-1805

  Pacheco Castro, Alberto ^a   Marquez, Carlos ^b   Toribio, Marfa L ^b   Ramiro, Almudena R ^b   Trigueros, César ^b   Regueiro, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Herpesvirus saimiri; Immortalization; T cell precursors; Thymocyte

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES VIRUS SAIMIRI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD34; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HERPESVIRUS 2, SAIMIRIINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKIN-8; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029799043     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.11.1797     Document Type: Article

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