Interleukin (IL)-6 directs the differentiation of IL-4-producing CD4+ T cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 461-469

  Rincón, Mercedes ^a,b   Anguita, Juan ^a   Nakamura, Tetsuo ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^a   Flavell, Richard A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 0031058726     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.3.461     Document Type: Article

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