Expression of trkB Neurotrophin Receptor during T Cell Development Role of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Immature Thymocyte Survival

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2864-2872

  Maroder, Marella ^a,b   Bellavia, Diana ^c   Meco, Daniela ^b   Napolitano, Maddalena ^b   Stigliano, Antonio ^c   Alesse, Edoardo ^c   Vacca, Alessandra ^b   Giannini, Giuseppe ^c   Frati, Luigi ^b,d   Gulino, Alberto ^c   Screpanti, Isabella ^b  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d Neurological Mediterranean Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 4; PROTEIN C FOS; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0030267783     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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