Signalling pathways of the TNF superfamily: A double-edged sword

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 745-756

  Aggarwal, Bharat B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; LYMPHOTOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR REGRESSION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 85047692516     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri1184     Document Type: Review

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