Autocrine expression of interleukin-7 rescues lymphoid expansion in interleukin-7-deficient mice

Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 374-380

  Rich, B E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0030723022     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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