Unconventional T-cell activation by IL-15 in rheumatoid arthritis

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 148-149

  Carson, Dennis A ^a  

^a University of California San Diego School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-15; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031055152     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0297-148     Document Type: Note

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