Commentary: Keeping track of pro-B cells: A new model for the effects of IL-7 during B cell development

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2642-2646

  Monroe, John G ^a   Allman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell; Development; IL 7

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GRANULOCYTE PRECURSOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GRANULOCYTE PRECURSOR CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERLEUKIN-7; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 7244234264     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425532     Document Type: Article

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