Dendritic cell regulation of TH1-TH2 development

Nature Immunology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-205

  Moser, Muriel ^a   Murphy, Kenneth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0034278725     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/79734     Document Type: Review

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