Article
Defective lymphoid development in mice lacking Jak3.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 3 Nov 1995
Nosaka T, van Deursen J M, Tripp R A, Thierfelder W E, Witthuhn B A, McMickle A P, Doherty P C, Grosveld G C, Ihle J N
Abstract excerpt
The Janus tyrosine kinases (Jaks) play a central role in signaling through cytokine receptors. Although Jak1, Jak2, and Tyk2 are widely expressed, Jak3 is predominantly expressed in hematopoietic cells and is known to associate only with the common gamma (gamma c) chain of the interleukin (IL)-2,...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Antigens, CD
- B-Lymphocytes
- Chimera
- Female
- Gene Targeting
- Interleukin-7
- Janus Kinase 3
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocyte Count
- Lymphocyte Subsets
- Lymphoid Tissue
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Phenotype
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
