Sustained IL-12 Signaling Is Required for Th1 Development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-69

  Athie Morales, Veronica ^a,c   Smits, Hermelijn H ^b   Cantrell, Doreen A ^a,d   Hilkens, Catharien M U ^a,e  

^a THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BETA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; ALPHA INTERFERON; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STAT4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH1 CELL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0347994959     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.1.61     Document Type: Article

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