Twisting the Th1/Th2 immune response via the retinoid X receptor: Lessons from a genetic approach

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3400-3404

  Spilianakis, Charalampos G ^a   Lee, Gap Ryol ^a   Flavell, Richard A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergies; CD4+ cells; Pinkie mouse; Retinoid receptors; Th1 2 cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOL; RETINOL DERIVATIVE; STAT4 PROTEIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 29744465516     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535588     Document Type: Note

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