Mice that "conditionally" lack basophils, AT LAST

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2648-2651

  Min, Booki ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 3;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BASOPHIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MODEL; EFFECTOR CELL; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; BASOPHILS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERLEUKIN-3; MAST CELLS; MICE; RECEPTORS, IGE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 77955296967     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI44058     Document Type: Note

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