IL-7-dependent extrathymic expansion of CD45RA+ T cells enables preservation of a naive repertoire

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5909-5917

  Soares, Maria Vieira D ^a   Borthwick, Nicola J ^a   Maini, Mala K ^b   Janossy, George ^a   Salmon, Mike ^c   Akbar, Arne N ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7; PROTEIN BCL 2; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD45; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETAL BLOOD; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032402257     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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