A novel CD11c.DTR transgenic mouse for depletion of dendritic cells reveals their requirement for homeostatic proliferation of natural killer cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2776-2783

  Hochweller, Kristin ^a   Striegler, Jörg ^a   Hämmerling, Günter J ^a   Garbi, Natalio ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Diphtheria toxin receptor; Homeostasis; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INTERLEUKIN 15;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11C; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DENDRITIC CELLS; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; INTERLEUKIN-15; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 58149229634     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838659     Document Type: Article

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