Human T cells constitutively express IL-15 that promotes Ex Vivo T cell homeostatic proliferation through autocrine/juxtacrine loops

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3656-3662

  Miranda Carús, María Eugenia ^a   Benito Miguel, Marta ^a   Llamas, Miguel A ^a   Balsa, Alejandro ^a   Martín Mola, Emilio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 15;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JUXTACRINE SIGNALING; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 24744454147     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.6.3656     Document Type: Article

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