Maternal microchimerism leads to the presence of interleukin-2 in interleukin-2 knock out mice: Implications for the role of interleukin-2 in thymic function

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 80-90

  Wrenshall, Lucile E ^a   Stevens, Elliot T ^b   Smith, Deandra R ^a   Miller, John D ^a  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimerism; Interleukin 2; Knock out; Murine; Thymus

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MICROCHIMERISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECOMBINASE ACTIVATING GENE 1; STROMA CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHIMERISM; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE SPECIFIC PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE P56(LCK); MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 34250380044     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: 10902163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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