Interleukin 15 is a growth factor for human thymocytes with preferential effect on CD8+ cells

Cytokine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 751-755

  Thulesen, Stina ^a   Nielsen, Mette ^b   Petersen, Troels R ^a   Holst Nissen, Mogens ^a   Ødum, Niels ^b   Röpke, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cellular proliferation; Cytokines; Human; Signal transduction; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033937545     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.1999.0608     Document Type: Article

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