Switching on of the Proliferation or Apoptosis of Activated Human T Lymphocytes by IFN-γ Is Correlated with the Differential Expression of the α- and β-Chains of Its Receptor

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1935-1943

  Novelli, Francesco ^a   Bernabei, Paola ^a   Ozmen, Laurence ^b   Rigamonti, Laura ^a   Allione, Alessandra ^a   Pestka, Sidney ^c   Garotta, Gianni ^b,d   Forni, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN B, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; FAS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; SUPERANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; POKEWEED MITOGENS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030240383     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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