T-cell differentiation: Commitment factors for T helper cells

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2000, Pages

  O'Garra, Anne ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0034729577     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00556-X     Document Type: Review

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