Interleukin-7 is a critical growth factor in early human T-cell development

Blood

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4239-4245

  Plum, Jean ^a   De Smedt, Magda ^a   Leclercq, Georges ^a   Verhasselt, Bruno ^a   Vandekerckhove, Bart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCID MOUSE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

EID: 0029859982     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v88.11.4239.4239     Document Type: Article

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