Flt3 ligand plus IL-7 supports the expansion of murine thymic B cell progenitors that can mature intrathymically

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4801-4809

  McKenna, Hilary J ^a   Morrissey, Philip J ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 7; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032525024     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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