T cell adolescence: Maturation events beyond positive selection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1351-1357

  Hogquist, Kristin A ^a   Xing, Yan ^a   Hsu, Fan Chi ^b   Shapiro, Virginia Smith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

APOPTOSIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN MEDIATED CLONAL SELECTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONAL SELECTION, ANTIGEN-MEDIATED; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, DEATH DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOCYTES;

EID: 84938937838     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501050     Document Type: Review

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