The many faces of IL-7: From lymphopoiesis to peripheral T cell maintenance

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 6571-6576

  Fry, Terry J ^a   Mackall, Crystal L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; HOMEOSTASIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 18944379196     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.11.6571     Document Type: Short Survey

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