Thymic stromal lymphopoietin: A cytokine that promotes the development of IgM+ B cells in vitro and signals via a novel mechanism

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 677-683

  Levin, Steven D ^a   Koelling, Ray M ^a,d   Friend, Sherree L ^a   Isaksen, Deborah E ^b   Ziegler, Steven F ^b   Perlmutter, Roger M ^c   Farr, Andrew G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 7; PROTEIN KINASE; STAT5 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; CYTOKINES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN-7; JANUS KINASE 1; JANUS KINASE 2; JANUS KINASE 3; LIVER; MICE; MILK PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0033555804     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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