Notch1 and IL-7 receptor signalling in early T-cell development and leukaemia

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 360, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-73

  González García, Sara ^a   García Peydró, Marina ^a   Alcain, Juan ^a   Toribio, María L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

IL 7R; Leukaemia; Lympho myeloid progenitor; Notch; T cell lineage; Thymus

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PRECURSOR T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

METAZOA; MUS;

EID: 84868331583     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82-2012-231     Document Type: Article

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