IL-7 activates α4β1 integrin in murine thymocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2259-2264

  Kitazawa, Haruki ^a,b   Muegge, Kathrin ^a   Badolato, Raffaele ^a   Wang, Ji Ming ^a   Fogler, William E ^a   Ferris, Douglas K ^a   Lee, Chong Kil ^a   Candéias, Serge ^a   Smith, Mark R ^a   Oppenheim, Joost J ^a   Durum, Scott K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; FIBRONECTIN; GENISTEIN; HOMING RECEPTOR; INTEGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 7; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 4;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL ADHESION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRONECTINS; GENISTEIN; INTEGRIN ALPHA4BETA1; INTEGRINS; INTERLEUKIN-7; ISOFLAVONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECEPTORS, LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031227974     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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