Apoptosis and autophagy in the regulation of T lymphocyte function

Immunologic Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 70-86

  Dunkle, Alexis ^a   He, You Wen ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Bcl 2; c FLIP; Mcl 1; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; BIM PROTEIN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CYTOCHROME C; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; FAS LIGAND; FLICE INHIBITORY PROTEIN; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 7; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL W; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN KINASE LCK; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN NOXA; PUMA PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE INACTIVATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CASP8 AND FADD-LIKE APOPTOSIS REGULATING PROTEIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 79952696967     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-010-8195-5     Document Type: Review

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