Down-regulation of the orphan nuclear receptor RORγt is essential for T lymphocyte maturation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 5668-5674

  He, You Wen ^a   Beers, Courtney ^a   Deftos, Michael L ^a   Ojala, Ethan W ^a   Forbush, Katherine A ^a   Bevan, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0034090118     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.11.5668     Document Type: Article

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