The involvement of interleukin (IL)-15 in regulating the differentiation of granulated metrial gland cells in mouse pregnant uterus

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2405-2410

  Ye, Weiguo ^a   Zheng, Li Mou ^a,b   Young, John Ding E ^a   Liu, Chau Ching ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Vion Pharmaceuticals Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; MESSENGER RNA; PERFORIN; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; FEMALE; MEDIATOR; METRIAL GLAND; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-2; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METRIAL GLAND; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UTERUS;

EID: 0030456932     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.6.2405     Document Type: Article

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