Regulation of in vitro human T cell development through interleukin-7 deprivation and anti-CD3 stimulation

BMC Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Patel, Ekta S ^a   Okada, Starlyn ^a   Hachey, Kevin ^a   Yang, Li jun ^a   Durum, Scott K ^b   Moreb, Jan S ^a   Chang, Lung Ji ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleukin 7; T cell development; T cell receptor; Vbeta repertoire

Indexed keywords

CD135 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 7;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL DEVELOPMENT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, CD4; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, ALPHA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENOME, HUMAN; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84864924604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-13-46     Document Type: Article

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