Interleukin 7, maestro of the immune system

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-150

  Sprent, Jonathan ^a,b   Surh, Charles D ^b,c  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

B LYMPHOCYTE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERLEUKIN-7; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861194822     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: 10963618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2012.04.011     Document Type: Editorial

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