CD8α+ dendritic cell trans presentation of IL-15 to naive CD8 + T cells produces antigen-inexperienced T cells in the periphery with memory phenotype and function

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1936-1947

  Sosinowski, Tomasz ^a   White, Jason T ^a   Cross, Eric W ^a   Haluszczak, Catherine ^a   Marrack, Philippa ^b   Gapin, Laurent ^a   Kedl, Ross M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; EOMESODERMIN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRTUAL MEMORY CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PEPTIDES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84874267477     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1203149     Document Type: Article

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