Thymocytes between the β-Selection and Positive Selection Checkpoints Are Nonresponsive to IL-7 as Assessed by STAT-5 Phosphorylation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4235-4244

  Van De Wiele, C Justin ^a   Marino, Julie H ^a   Murray, Bryce W ^a   Vo, Stephen S ^a   Whetsell, Michael E ^a   Teague, T Kent ^a,b  

^a University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; RNA; STAT5 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 1642321960     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.7.4235     Document Type: Article

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