Rac GTPases are involved in development, survival and homeostasis of T cells

Immunology Letters

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-34

  Sato, Yoshinori ^a   Oda, Hiroyo ^a   Patrick, Michael S ^a   Baba, Yukari ^b   Rus'd, Ahmed A ^b   Azuma, Yoshinao ^b   Abe, Takaya ^c   Shirai, Mutsunori ^b   Suzuki, Harumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Rac; T cell survival and homeostasis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE B; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HOMEOSTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD2; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 65649093390     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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