Interleukin-7 treatment promotes the differentiation pathway of T-cell- receptor-αβ cells selectively to the CD8+ cell lineage

Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 457-464

  Varas, A ^a   Vicente, A ^a   Jimenez E ^a   Alonso, L ^a   Moreno, J ^a   Munoz J J ^a   Zapata, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 7; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0030781706     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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