Reviewing the potential utility of interleukin-7 as a promoter of thymopoiesis and immune recovery

Cytokines, Cellular and Molecular Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 287-294

  Or, Reuven ^a,b   Abdul Hai, Ali ^a   Ben Yehuda, Arie ^b  

^a Dept of Bone Marrow Transplantation   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Immune reconstitution; Interleukin 7; Thymopoiesis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW ABLATION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMOPOIESIS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-7; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MONOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; THYMOPOIETINS; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031755886     PISSN: 13684736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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