A potential role for interleukin-15 in the regulation of human natural killer cell survival

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 937-943

  Carson, William E ^a   Fehniger, Todd A ^a   Haldar, Subrata ^b   Eckhert, Kenneth ^a   Lindemann, Matthew J ^a   Lai, Chun Fai ^a   Croce, Carlo M ^b   Baumann, Heinz ^a   Caligiuri, Michael A ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Bcl 2; IL 15R ; interleukin 15; natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 9; PROTEIN BCL 2; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 15; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030906448     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119258     Document Type: Article

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