Normal lymphoid homeostasis and lack of lethal autoimmunity in mice containing mature T cells with severely impaired IL-2 receptors

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2905-2914

  Malek, Thomas R ^a   Porter, Brian O ^a   Codias, Elaine K ^a   Scibelli, Paul ^a   Yu, Aixin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0034654319     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.6.2905     Document Type: Article

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