Interleukin 9 and its receptor: An overview of structure and function

International Reviews of Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 345-364

  Demoulin, Jean Baptiste ^a   Renauld, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cytokine receptor; Cytokines; Hematopoiesis; Interleukin 9; Mast cells; Signal transduction; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031952088     PISSN: 08830185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08830189809043001     Document Type: Article

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