@article{7a4c7540ba3f11ddae57000ea68e967b,
title = "Interleukin 15 is a growth factor for human thymocytes with preferential effect on CD8(+)cells.",
abstract = "The effects of IL-15, as compared to IL-2, on growth of human thymocytes has been evaluated. Expression of comparable amounts of receptor chains was found on IL-2 and IL-15 cultured thymocytes, as well as comparable receptor signalling. However, IL-15 was superior to IL-2 in promoting CD8(+)thymocyte growth, whereas CD4(+)cells proliferated to a higher extent in IL-2 cultures. CD4(+)8(+)and CD4(-)8(-)thymocytes expanded equally well in both culture types.",
author = "S Thulesen and M Nielsen and Petersen, {T R} and {Holst Nissen}, M and Niels {\O}dum and C R{\"o}pke",
note = "Keywords: CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes; Cell Division; Cells, Cultured; Gene Expression Regulation; Humans; Interleukin-15; Interleukin-2; Receptors, Interleukin-15; Receptors, Interleukin-2; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; T-Lymphocytes",
year = "2000",
doi = "10.1006/cyto.1999.0608",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
pages = "751--5",
journal = "Cytokine",
issn = "1043-4666",
publisher = "Academic Press",
number = "6",
}