An alternative NFAT-activation pathway mediated by IL-7 is critical for early thymocyte development

Nature Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-135

  Patra, Amiya K ^a   Avots, Andris ^a   Zahedi, René P ^b   Schüler, Thomas ^c   Sickmann, Albert ^b,d   Bommhardt, Ursula ^c   Serfling, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; JANUS KINASE 3; PROTEIN BCL 2; STAT5 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFATC1; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-7; JANUS KINASE 3; LYMPHOPENIA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; THYMOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84872685452     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2507     Document Type: Article

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