"Interleukin-7" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				A cytokine produced by bone marrow stromal cells that promotes the growth of B-LYMPHOCYTE precursors and is co-mitogenic with INTERLEUKIN-2 for mature T-LYMPHOCYTE activation.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D015851
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 D12.644.276.374.465.246 D12.776.467.374.465.224 D23.529.374.465.246 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Interleukin-7- Interleukin-7
 - Interleukin 7
 - IL7
 - Lymphopoietin-1
 - Lymphopoietin 1
 - IL-7
 
  
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| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Interleukin-7" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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Murine Th17 cells utilize IL-2 receptor gamma chain cytokines but are resistant to cytokine withdrawal-induced apoptosis. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2017 Jun; 66(6):737-751.
															
								 
							
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TSLP or IL-7 provide an IL-7Ra signal that is critical for human B lymphopoiesis. Eur J Immunol. 2016 09; 46(9):2155-61.
															
								 
							
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Effector CD8+ T-cell Engraftment and Antitumor Immunity in Lymphodepleted Hosts Is IL7Ra Dependent. Cancer Immunol Res. 2015 Dec; 3(12):1364-74.
															
								 
							
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Interleukin-7 is produced by afferent lymphatic vessels and supports lymphatic drainage. Blood. 2013 Sep 26; 122(13):2271-81.
															
								 
							
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IL-7 Dependence in human B lymphopoiesis increases during progression of ontogeny from cord blood to bone marrow. J Immunol. 2009 Apr 01; 182(7):4255-66.
															
								 
							
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IL-7 and IL-15 differentially regulate CD8+ T-cell subsets during contraction of the immune response. Blood. 2008 Nov 01; 112(9):3704-12.
															
								 
							
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The lymphopenic environment of CD132 (common gamma-chain)-deficient hosts elicits rapid homeostatic proliferation of naive T cells via IL-15. J Immunol. 2008 Apr 15; 180(8):5320-6.
															
								 
							
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Antiviral CD4+ memory T cells are IL-15 dependent. J Exp Med. 2007 Apr 16; 204(4):951-61.
															
								 
							
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Development of natural killer cells from lymphohematopoietic progenitors of murine fetal liver. Stem Cells. 1998; 16 Suppl 1:193-8.
															
								 
							
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Modulation of early B lymphopoiesis by interleukin-3. Exp Hematol. 1996 Aug; 24(10):1225-31.