Sonic hedgehog regulates early human thymocyte differentiation by counteracting the IL-7-induced development of CD34+ precursor cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 5046-5053

  Gutiérrez Frías, Cruz ^a   Sacedón, Rosa ^b   Hernández López, Carmen ^a   Cejalvo, Teresa ^b   Crompton, Tessa ^c   Zapata, Agustín G ^a   Varas, Alberto ^b   Vicente, Angeles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; INTERLEUKIN 7; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 6344233198     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.8.5046     Document Type: Article

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