Pre-TRC signaling regulates IL-7 receptor α expression promoting thymocyte survival at the transition from the double-negative to double-positive stage

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1968-1977

  Trigueros, Cesar ^a,b   Hozumi, Katsuto ^a,c   Silva Santos, Bruno ^a,d   Bruno, Ludovica ^a   Hayday, Adrian C ^d   Owen, Michael ^a,e   Pennington, Daniel J ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IL 7 receptor; Pre TCR; Proliferation; Survival

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD3E PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, CD3; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0042969051     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200323831     Document Type: Article

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