IL-2 receptor γ chain cytokines differentially regulate human CD8+ CD127+ and CD8+CD127- T cell division and susceptibility to apoptosis

International Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-42

  Crawley, Angela M ^a,b   Katz, Tanya ^a,b   Parato, Karl ^a   Angel, Jonathan B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CD8+T cells; Gamma chain cytokines; IL 7 receptor

Indexed keywords

CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD127+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIVISION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR COMMON GAMMA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-AKT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 58049198420     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxn120     Document Type: Article

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