Effects of IL-7 on early human thymocyte progenitor cells in vitro and in SCID-hu Thy/Liv mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 645-654

  Napolitano, Laura A ^a,b   Stoddart, Cheryl A ^a   Hanley, Mary Beth ^a   Wieder, Eric ^c   McCune, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; T6 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHYMOCYTE; SCID MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0038784460     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.2.645     Document Type: Article

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