Interleukin 15 controls the generation of the restricted T cell receptor repertoire of γδ intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes

Nature Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1263-1271

  Zhao, Hang ^a   Nguyen, Hai ^a   Kang, Joonsoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 15; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 30044448268     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1267     Document Type: Article

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