Nfil3/E4bp4 is required for the development and maturation of NK cells in vivo

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2977-2986

  Kamizono, Shintaro ^a,c   Duncan, Gordon S ^a   Seidel, Markus G ^c,e   Morimoto, Akira ^d   Hamada, Koichi ^a   Grosveld, Gerard ^d   Akashi, Koichi ^c   Lind, Evan F ^a   Haight, Jillian P ^a   Ohashi, Pamela S ^a,b   Look, A Thomas ^c   Mak, Tak W ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NUCLEAR FACTOR INTERLEUKIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NFIL3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLYSIS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE SILENCING; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH REGULATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINEAGE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 73949134616     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20092176     Document Type: Article

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