IL-15 inhibits IL-7Rα expression by memory-phenotype CD8 + T cells in the bone marrow

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1129-1139

  Quinci, Angela C ^a,b   Vitale, Sara ^a,b,c   Parretta, Elisabetta ^a,b   Soriani, Alessandra ^a   Iannitto, Maria L ^a   Cippitelli, Marco ^a,d   Fionda, Cinzia ^a,d   Bulfone Paus, Silvia ^c,e   Santoni, Angela ^a,b   Di Rosa, Francesca ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chain cytokines; T cell homeostasis; T cell memory; T cell recirculation

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; BONE MARROW; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-15; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SPLEEN;

EID: 84860335345     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201142019     Document Type: Article

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