Divergent cell-specific effects of activin-A on thymocyte proliferation stimulated by phytohemagglutinin, and interleukin 1β or interleukin 6 in vitro

Cytokine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 595-602

  Hedger, Mark P ^a   Phillips, David J ^a   De Kretser, David M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activin; Interleukin 6; Plasmacytoma; T cell; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033920128     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.1999.0597     Document Type: Article

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