A critical role for the regulated Wnt-Myc pathway in naive T cell survival

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 158-167

  Wong, Chunshu ^a,b   Chen, Chong ^b,c   Wu, Qi ^b   Liu, Yang ^a   Zheng, Pan ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYC PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; MYC PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APC GENE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CMYC GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOPENIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84919683503     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401238     Document Type: Article

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