Synergistic effect of IL-2, IL-12, and IL-18 on thymocyte apoptosis and Th1/Th2 cytokine expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2796-2804

  Rodriguez Galán, Maria Cecilia ^a   Bream, Jay H ^b   Farr, Andrew ^c   Young, Howard A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b National Institute of Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 14044276321     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.5.2796     Document Type: Article

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