LKB1 and AMPK: Central regulators of lymphocyte metabolism and function

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-71

  Blagih, Julianna ^a,b   Krawczyk, Connie M ^a   Jones, Russell G ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMPK; cellular metabolism; LKB1; lymphocyte homeostasis; mTOR; T cells

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE LKB1; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENERGY; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; EFFECTOR CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84865289879     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2012.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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