A recombinant single-chain IL-7/HGFβ hybrid cytokine induces juxtacrine interactions of the IL-7 and HGF (c-Met) receptors and stimulates the proliferation of CFU-S12, CLPs, and pre-pro-B cells

Blood

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1776-1784

  Lai, Laijun ^a   Zeff, Richard A ^a   Goldschneider, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 7; RECOMBINANT SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; COLONY FORMING UNIT S; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 33344457295     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 00064971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-08-3470     Document Type: Article

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