An overview of IL-7 biology and its use in immunotherapy

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Elkassar, Nahed ^a   Gress, Ronald E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; IL 7; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 7;

ADULT; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS;

EID: 77649169182     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: 1547691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15476910903453296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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