The development of innate lymphoid cells requires TOX-dependent generation of a common innate lymphoid cell progenitor

Nature Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 599-608

  Seehus, Corey R ^a   Aliahmad, Parinaz ^a   De La Torre, Brian ^a   Iliev, Iliyan D ^a   Spurka, Lindsay ^a   Funari, Vincent A ^a   Kaye, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; THYMOCYTE SELECTION ASSOCIATED HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RHOX8 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW PROGENITOR CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BONE MARROW CELL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84929899392     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3168     Document Type: Article

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