Selective reduction of post-selection CD8 thymocyte proliferation in IL-15Rα deficient mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Chow, Kai Ping N ^a   Qiu, Jian Tai ^a,b   Lee, Jam Mou ^c   Hsu, Shuo Lun ^a   Yang, Shan Che ^a   Wu, Ning Ning ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Wu, Tzong Shoon ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Wellkent Biomedical Technology Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CD69 ANTIGEN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR ALPHA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ THYMOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-15 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; THYMOCYTES;

EID: 84863347180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033152     Document Type: Article

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