Differences in Bcl-2 expression by T-cell subsets alter their balance after in vivo irradiation to favor CD4+Bcl-2hiNKT cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 763-775

  Yao, Zhenyu ^a   Liu, Yinping ^a   Jones, Jennifer ^a   Strober, Samuel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Irradiation; NKT cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; BCL2L1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL X;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 64049097681     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838657     Document Type: Article

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