IL-4-producing NK1.1+ T cells are resistant to glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis: Implications for the Th1/Th2 balance

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1239-1247

  Tamada, Koji ^a,b   Harada, Mamoru ^a   Abe, Koichiro ^a   Li, Tieli ^a   Nomoto, Kikuo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERLEUKIN-4; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0032145435     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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