β-Galactoside-binding protein (βGBP) alters the cell cycle, up- regulates expression of the α- and β-chains of the IFN-γ receptor, and triggers IFN-γ-mediated apoptosis of activated human T lymphocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2114-2119

  Allione, Alessandra ^a   Wells, Valerie ^b   Forni, Guido ^a   Mallucci, Livio ^b,c   Novelli, Francesco ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; LACTOSE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; THYMIDINE;

ALPHA CHAIN; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; GALACTOSIDES; GALECTIN 1; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; LECTINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0032169277     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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