Apoptosis regulators fas and bim synergistically control t-lymphocyte homeostatic proliferation

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3043-3053

  Fortner, Karen A ^a   Bouillet, Philippe ^b   Strasser, Andreas ^b   Budd, Ralph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Homeostatic proliferation; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; FAS ANTIGEN; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BCL 2 LIKE PROTEIN 11; BCL-2-LIKE PROTEIN 11; FAS PROTEIN, MOUSE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 7; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-7; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PEPTIDES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79551636079     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040577     Document Type: Article

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