Postselection thymocyte maturation and emigration are independent of IL-7 and ERK5

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1343-1347

  Weinreich, Michael A ^a   Jameson, Stephen C ^a   Hogquist, Kristin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 7;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; INTERLEUKIN-7; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 7; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79251548902     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002238     Document Type: Article

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