Interferon γ is required for activation-induced death of T lymphocytes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 999-1005

  Refaeli, Yosef ^a   Van Parijs, Luk ^b   Alexander, Stephen I ^a,c   Abbas, Abul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Fas; IFN ; Stat1

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 8; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; STAT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0037037582     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20020666     Document Type: Article

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