Anti-apoptotic signals of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor are transduced via Jak2 tyrosine kinase in eosinophils

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3536-3539

  Simon, Hans Uwe ^a   Yousefi, Shida ^a   Dibbert, Birgit ^a   Levi Schaffer, Francesca ^b   Blaser, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytokine; Eosinophil; Jak2; Signaling

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; TYRPHOSTIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; EOSINOPHILS; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; JANUS KINASE 2; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031472685     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830271256     Document Type: Article

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