Interleukin 7 receptor α as a potential therapeutic target in transplantation

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-261

  Racapé, Maud ^a,b   Vanhove, Bernard ^a,b   Soulillou, Jean Paul ^a,b,c   Brouard, Sophie ^a,b  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Institut de Transplantation et de Recherche en Transplantation (ITERT)   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

allograft tolerance; interleukin 7 receptor alpha; memory cells; TCR signaling

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 70349252387     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-009-0036-7     Document Type: Review

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