Interleukin 15 is a potent stimulant of intraepithelial lymphocytes

Gastroenterology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1439-1445

  Ebert, E C ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; JEJUNUM MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031788011     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(98)70022-8     Document Type: Article

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