IL-23 drives a pathogenic T cell population that induces autoimmune inflammation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-240

  Langrish, Claire L ^a   Chen, Yi ^a   Blumenschein, Wendy M ^a   Mattson, Jeanine ^a   Basham, Beth ^a   Sedgwick, Jonathan D ^a   McClanahan, Terrill ^a   Kastelein, Robert A ^a   Cua, Daniel J ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CULTURE; CELL SELECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOKINES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-23; INTERLEUKIN-23 SUBUNIT P19; INTERLEUKINS; MICE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13244283212     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20041257     Document Type: Article

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