Cytokine signal transduction is suppressed in preselection double-positive thymocytes and restored by positive selection

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 165-175

  Yu, Qing ^a,d   Park, Jung Hyun ^a   Doan, Loretta L ^a   Erman, Batu ^b   Feigenbaum, Lionel ^c   Singer, Alfred ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 31344480910     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20051836     Document Type: Article

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