Loss of Bim increases T cell production and function in interleukin 7 receptor-deficient mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 200, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1189-1195

  Pellegrini, Marc ^a,b   Bouillet, Philippe ^a   Robati, Mikara ^a   Belz, Gabrielle T ^a   Davey, Gayle M ^a   Strasser, Andreas ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Bim; IL 7; T cells

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; BH3 PROTEIN; BIM PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; STEM CELL; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIMPLEXVIRUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 8644219870     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20041328     Document Type: Article

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