Interleukin-4 downregulates CD127 expression and activity on human thymocytes and mature CD8+ T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1396-1407

  Crawley, Angela M ^a,b   Vranjkovic, Agatha ^a   Young, Charlene ^a,b   Angel, Jonathan B ^a,b,c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CD127; CD8+ T cells; IL 4; IL 7; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STAT5 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77951741877     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200940093     Document Type: Article

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