Human Th17 cells

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Romagnani, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 25; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONING; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TH17 CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 42949133377     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar2392     Document Type: Review

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