Overexpression of IL-21 promotes massive CD8+ memory T cell accumulation

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3069-3077

  Allard, Eve Line ^a   Hardy, Marie Pierre ^a   Leignadier, Julie ^a   Marquis, Miriam ^a   Rooney, Julie ^a   Lehoux, Dario ^a   Labrecque, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokine receptors; Cytokines; Memory; T cells; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 21 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 36348991440     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200637017     Document Type: Article

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