High levels of IL-7 cause dysregulation of thymocyte development

International Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 661-671

  El Kassar, Nahed ^a,b   Flomerfelt, Francis A ^a   Choudhury, Baishakhi ^a   Hugar, Lee A ^a   Chua, Kevin S ^a   Kapoor, Veena ^a   Lucas, Philip J ^a   Gress, Ronald E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD127; IL 7; IL 7R; Notch 1; Thymus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN DELTEX; PROTEIN KINASE B; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMAL CELLS; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84867118014     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxs067     Document Type: Article

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