New insights into IL-7 signaling pathways during early and late T cell development

Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 187-189

  Niu, Na ^a   Qin, Xuebin ^b  

^a WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; JANUS KINASE 1; JANUS KINASE 3; PROTEIN BCL 2; STAT5 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CYTOKINES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84877626565     PISSN: 16727681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2013.11     Document Type: Article

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