MEK kinase 1 is a negative regulator of virus-specific CD8+ T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2076-2084

  Labuda, Tord ^a,b   Christensen, Jan Pravsgaard ^a   Rasmussen, Susanne ^a   Bonnesen, Barbara ^a   Karin, Michael ^c   Thomsen, Allan Randrup ^a   Ødum, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Knockout mice; Protein kinases; T cells; Viral

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HELPER CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPLEEN CELL; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHIMERA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LIVER; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 1; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS-INDIANA VIRUS;

EID: 33747385010     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535163     Document Type: Article

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