The key regulators of adult T helper cell responses, STAT6 and T-bet, are established in early life in mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1241-1253

  Rose, Shawn ^a   Guevara, Patricia ^a   Farach, Sandra ^a   Adkins, Becky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular differentiation; Development; Ontogeny; Th1 Th2; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TH1 CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33646558632     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535563     Document Type: Article

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