Impaired T-cell development in the absence of Vav1 and Itk

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3530-3542

  Raberger, Julia ^a   Boucheron, Nicole ^a   Sakaguchi, Shinya ^a   Penninger, Josef M ^b   Ellmeier, Wilfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Kinases; Knockout mice; Signal transduction; T cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ITK; PROTEIN VAV1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CBL PROTEIN; EMT PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; EMT PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TYNORPHIN; VAV PROTEIN; VAV1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-CBL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-VAV; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 59749104757     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838388     Document Type: Article

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