Bcl-2 allows effector and memory CD8+ T cells to tolerate higher expression of Bim

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5729-5737

  Kurtulus, Sema ^a   Tripathi, Pulak ^a   Moreno Fernandez, Maria E ^b   Sholl, Allyson ^a   Katz, Jonathan D ^b   Grimes, H Leighton ^a   Hildeman, David A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR G1; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LIFESPAN; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; GENES, BCL-2; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 79956209348     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100102     Document Type: Article

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