Spontaneous and homeostatic proliferation of CD4 T cells are regulated by different mechanisms

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6039-6044

  Min, Booki ^a,b   Yamane, Hidehiro ^a   Hu Li, Jane ^a   Paul, William E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 18644376988     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.10.6039     Document Type: Article

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