Disruption of Rxra gene in thymocytes and T lymphocytes modestly alters lymphocyte frequencies, proliferation, survival and T helper type 1/type 2 balance

Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 484-498

  Stephensen, Charles B ^a   Borowsky, Alexander D ^a,b   Lloyd, Kevin C Kent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knockout mice; Retinoid X receptor ; T helper type 1 T helper type 2; T lymphocyte; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CRE RECOMBINASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 5; OVALBUMIN; PROTEIN KINASE LCK; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; IMMUNIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOXP SITE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RXRA GENE; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 34447101951     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02595.x     Document Type: Article

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