T helper cell effector fates - who, how and where?

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-277

  Reinhardt, R Lee ^a   Kang, Suk Jo ^a   Liang, Hong Erh ^a   Locksley, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 25; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; RANTES; STAT1 PROTEIN; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA BINDING; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; HELPER CELL; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TH3 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 33646122005     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2006.03.003     Document Type: Review

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