Human thymic epithelial cells inhibit IL-15- and IL-2-driven differentiation of NK cells from the early human thymic progenitors

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2194-2201

  Le, P T ^a   Adams, K L ^a   Zaya, N ^a   Mathews, H L ^a   Storkus, W J ^a   Ellis, T M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; STEM CELL FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; T6 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COLONY FORMING UNIT NK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0035865045     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2194     Document Type: Article

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