The Ras/MAPK pathway is required for generation of iNKT cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Hu, Taishan ^a   Gimferrer, Idoia ^a   Simmons, Amie ^a   Wiest, David ^b   Alberola Ila, José ^a,c  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD150 ANTIGEN; CD1D ANTIGEN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; RAS PROTEIN; SIGNALING LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION MOLECULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SLAMF1 PROTEIN; SLAMF3 PROTEIN; SLAMF5 PROTEIN; SLAMF6 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; EGR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EGR2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTEGRASE; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; THYMUS;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD1D; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 2; INTEGRASES; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RAS PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79955910259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019890     Document Type: Article

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