Tec family kinases: Itk signaling and the development of NKT αβ and γδ T cells

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1970-1979

  Qi, Qian ^a,b   Kannan, Arun Kumar ^a,b   August, Avery ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

development; ERK; Id3; Interleukin 4; PLC; PLZF; signaling; SLP 76; T cell receptor; T bet

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 INDUCIBLE T CELL KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TEC FAMILY KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL ALPHA BETA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 79958137465     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08074.x     Document Type: Review

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