Cutting edge: An alternative pathway of CD4+ T cell differentiation is induced following activation in the absence of γ-chain-dependent cytokine signals

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2059-2063

  Mayack, Shane R ^a   Berg, Leslie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; JANUS KINASE 3; RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 32044471648     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.4.2059     Document Type: Article

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