Signal transduction pathways and transcriptional regulation in the control of Th17 differentiation

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 400-408

  Chen, Zhi ^a   Laurence, Arian ^a   O'Shea, John J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Cytokines; Lymphocyte differentiation; Signal transduction; T cells; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; RETINOIC ACID; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELK 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-17; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-ETS-1; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRETINOIN;

EID: 39549091298     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2007.10.015     Document Type: Review

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