Autophagy is essential for effector CD8 + T cell survival and memory formation

Nature Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1152-1161

  Xu, Xiaojin ^a   Araki, Koichi ^a   Li, Shuzhao ^a   Han, Jin Hwan ^a   Ye, Lilin ^a   Tan, Wendy G ^a   Konieczny, Bogumila T ^a   Bruinsma, Monique W ^b   Martinez, Jennifer ^c   Pearce, Erika L ^b   Green, Douglas R ^c   Jones, Dean P ^a   Virgin, Herbert W ^b   Ahmed, Rafi ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL SEPARATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84911103917     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3025     Document Type: Article

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