Interleukin 7 Regulates the Survival and Generation of Memory CD4 Cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 198, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1797-1806

  Kondrack, Robyn M ^a   Harbertson, Judith ^a   Tan, Joyce T ^b   McBreen, Meghan E ^a   Surh, Charles D ^b   Bradley, Linda M ^a  

^a SIDNEY KIMMEL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4 memory; Cell subsets; Homeostasis; T cell survival

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; PADGEM PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, SCID; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7;

EID: 0347281680     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20030735     Document Type: Article

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