A retrospective on the requirements for γδ T-cell development

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-14

  Hayes, Sandra M ^a   Love, Paul E ^b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

versus T cell development; T cells; Developmental signaling pathways; T cell development

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; JANUS KINASE 3; LAT PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN C MYB; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; STAT5 PROTEIN; STAT5A PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOSS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 33846811550     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2006.00476.x     Document Type: Review

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