IL-15Rα of radiation-resistant cells is necessary and sufficient for thymic invariant NKT cell survival and functional maturation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1235-1242

  Chang, Chin Ling ^a,b   Lai, Yein Gei ^b   Hou, Mau Sheng ^a,b   Huang, Po Lin ^a,b   Liao, Nan Shih ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY A; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2A; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THYMOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; INTERLEUKIN-15 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; RADIATION CHIMERA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 80051630275     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100270     Document Type: Article

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