Bim mediates apoptosis of CD127lo effector T cells and limits T cell memory

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1694-1706

  Wojciechowski, Sara ^a   Jordan, Michael B ^a   Zhu, Yanan ^b   White, Janice ^b   Zajac, Allan J ^c   Hildeman, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Knockout mice; Memory T cells; Transgenic; Viral Infection

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 33746217908     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200635897     Document Type: Article

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