Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) lymphocytes produce and are growth- inhibited by transforming growth factor-beta

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-102

  Koniski, Anne ^a   Cohen, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma mexicanum; Axolotl; Comparative immunology; Cytokine; Growth inhibition; Mink lung fibroblasts; Spleen; TGF ; TGF 5; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; RECOMBINANT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LYMPHOCYTE; MINK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; THYMOCYTE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; ANURA; MUSTELA VISON; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031919349     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(97)00044-X     Document Type: Article

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