The molecular basis of IL-21-mediated proliferation

Blood

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4135-4142

  Zeng, Rong ^a   Spolski, Rosanne ^a   Casas, Esther ^b   Zhu, Wei ^b   Levy, David E ^b   Leonard, Warren J ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 21; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN SHC; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34248364008     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 00064971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-10-054973     Document Type: Article

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