Interleukin-4 stimulates proliferation and growth of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells by activating mTOR signaling

Leukemia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 206-208

  Cardoso, B A ^a   Martins, L R ^a   Santos, C I ^a   Nadler, L M ^a   Boussiotis, V A ^b   Cardoso, A A ^a,c   Barata, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PROTEIN P27;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; APOPTOSIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LETTER; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 58249103272     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2008.178     Document Type: Letter

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