Thymic stromal lymphopoietin is not necessary or sufficient to mediate the thymopoietic effects of keratinocyte growth factor [8]

Blood

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 969-970

  Guimond, Martin ^b   Leonard, Warren J ^b   Spolski, Rosanne ^b   Rossi, Simona W ^b   Veenstra, Rachelle G ^b   Hollander, Georg A ^b   Mackall, Crystal L ^a   Blazar, Bruce R ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; RAG1 PROTEIN; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IRRADIATION; LETTER; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 38349188180     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 00064971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-09-113316     Document Type: Letter

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