αβ versus γδ lineage choice at the first TCR-controlled checkpoint

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-192

  Kreslavsky, Taras ^a   Gleimer, Michael ^a   von Boehmer, Harald ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHABETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMADELTA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; DN3 LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LIGAND BINDING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOPOIESIS; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; PRECURSOR CELLS, T-LYMPHOID; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77951238393     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2009.12.006     Document Type: Review

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