Signals from the IL-9 receptor are critical for the early stages of human intrathymic T cell development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1761-1767

  De Smedt, Magda ^a   Verhasselt, Bruno ^a   Kerre, Tessa ^a   Vanhecke, Dominique ^a   Naessens, Evelien ^a   Leclercq, Georges ^a   Renauld, Jean Christophe ^b   Van Snick, Jacques ^b   Plum, Jean ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 9;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHIMERA; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0034651565     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.4.1761     Document Type: Article

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