IL-15 activates telomerase and minimizes telomere loss and may preserve the replicative life span of memory CD8+ T cells in vitro

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4019-4024

  Li, Yu ^a   Zhi, Wang ^a   Wareski, Przemyslaw ^a   Weng, Nan Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; JANUS KINASE 3; JANUS KINASE 3 INHIBITOR; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMORY CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 15444376920     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.7.4019     Document Type: Article

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