Regulation of peripheral T-cell homeostasis by receptor signalling

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-324

  Seddon, Benedict ^a   Zamoyska, Rose ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

CELL DIVISION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0038392945     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(03)00049-9     Document Type: Review

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