IL-7-dependent STAT-5 activation and CD8+ T cell proliferation are impaired in HIV infection

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 499-506

  Vranjkovic, Agatha ^a   Crawley, Angela M ^a,c   Patey, Andrea ^a   Angel, Jonathan B ^a,b,c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; CD127

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN BCL 2; STAT5 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 79953682517     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0710430     Document Type: Article

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