Transforming growth factor-β controls T helper type 1 cell development through regulation of natural killer cell interferon-γ

Nature Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 600-607

  Laouar, Yasmina ^a   Sutterwala, Fayyaz S ^a   Gorelik, Leonid ^a,c   Flavell, Richard A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BIOGEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INTERLEUKIN 12; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RECOMBINANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA TYPE II RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA TYPE II RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SECRETION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11C; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; DNA, RECOMBINANT; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 20644472421     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1197     Document Type: Article

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