IL-7 promotes the survival and maturation but not differentiation of human post-thymic CD4+ T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3057-3065

  Hassan, Jaythoon ^a   Reen, Denis J ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Differentiation; IL 7; Maturation; Post thymic T cell; Survival

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADP-RIBOSYL CYCLASE; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD38; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NAD+ NUCLEOSIDASE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031656033     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199810)28:10<3057::AID-IMMU3057>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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