The role of α-galactosylceramide-activated Vα14 natural killer T cells in the regulation of Th2 cell differentiation

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 38-42

  Nakayama, Toshinori ^a   Yamashita, Masakatsu ^a   Kawano, Tetsu ^a   Shimizu, Chiori ^a   Shibata, Youichi ^a   Kamata, Tohru ^a   Kaneko, Yoshikatsu ^a   Kobayashi, Seiichiro ^a   Takeda, Ushio ^a   Motohashi, Shinichiro ^a   Cui, Junqing ^a   Taniguchi, Masaru ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galactosylceramide; IFN ; IgE; NKT cell; Suppression

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0035049162     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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