Interleukin-7 and toll-like receptor 7 induce synergistic B cell and T cell activation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Bikker, Angela ^a   Kruize, Aike A ^a   Van Der Wurff Jacobs, Kim M G ^a   Peters, Rogier P ^a   Kleinjan, Marije ^b   Redegeld, Frank ^b   De Jager, Wilco ^a   Lafeber, Floris P J G ^a   Van Roon, Joël A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 7; KI 67 ANTIGEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 84925550950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094756     Document Type: Article

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