Interleukin-21 and the IL-21 receptor: Novel effectors of NK and T cell responses

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 856-863

  Parrish Novak, Julia ^a   Foster, Donald C ^a   Holly, Richard D ^a   Clegg, Christopher H ^a  

^a ZYMOGENETICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytolytic T cells; Functional cloning; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 21 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE COMPONENTS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-21 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-21; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036852893     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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