Differential requirement for Hoxa9 in the development and differentiation of B, NK, and DC-lineage cells from Flt3+ multipotential progenitors

BMC Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gwin, Kimberly ^a   Dolence, Joseph J ^a   Shapiro, Mariya B ^a   Medina, Kay L ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell; DC; Development; Flt3; Hoxa9; IL 7R; NK cell

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; FLT3 LIGAND; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; LYSINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA9;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DENDRITIC CELLS; FMS-LIKE TYROSINE KINASE 3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7;

EID: 84873029330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-14-5     Document Type: Article

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