A voltage-gated sodium channel is essential for the positive selection of CD4 + T cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 880-887

  Lo, Wan Lin ^a   Donermeyer, David L ^a   Allen, Paul M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84865439555     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2379     Document Type: Article

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