IL-21 promotes survival and maintains a naive phenotype in human CD4+ T lymphocytes

International Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1009-1018

  Ferrari Lacraz, Sylvie ^a   Chicheportiche, Rachel ^a   Schneiter, Gregory ^a   Molnarfi, Nicolas ^a   Villard, Jean ^a   Dayer, Jean Michel ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; CCR7; Cytokines; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CYCLINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; KI 67 ANTIGEN; L SELECTIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOKINE CCL21; CYTOKINES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECEPTORS, CCR7; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 48249121086     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxn059     Document Type: Article

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