Interleukin 4 (IL-4) or IL-7 prevents the death of resting T cells: Stat6 is probably not required for the effect of IL-4

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 325-330

  Vella, Anthony ^a   Teague, T Kent ^a   Ihle, James ^b,c   Kappler, John ^a,b,c   Marrack, Philippa ^a,b,c  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0030749703     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.2.325     Document Type: Article

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