Late stages of T cell maturation in the thymus involve NF-κB and tonic type i interferon signaling

Nature Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 565-573

  Xing, Yan ^a   Wang, Xiaodan ^a   Jameson, Stephen C ^a   Hogquist, Kristin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; I KAPPA B KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ACTIVATED KINASE 1; ALPHA BETA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 7; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; STAT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NF-KAPPA B; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR, INTERFERON ALPHA-BETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84962068228     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3419     Document Type: Article

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