The role of IL-7 in thymic and extrathymic development of TCRγδ cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 707-713

  Laky, K ^a   Lefrancois L ^a   Von Freeden Jeffry, U ^b,c   Murray, R ^b,c   Puddington, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Eos Biotechnology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTESTINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RADIATION CHIMERA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 2642613678     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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