IL-2Rβ/IL-7Rα doubly deficient mice recapitulate the thymic and intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) developmental defects of γc(-/-) mice: Roles for both IL-2 and IL-15 in CD8αα IEL development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5906-5912

  Porter, Brian O ^a   Malek, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; ANIMAL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKINS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033248123     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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