The differentiation of human TH-17 cells requires transforming growth factor-β and induction of the nuclear receptor RORγt

Nature Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-649

  Manel, Nicolas ^a   Unutmaz, Derya ^a   Littman, Dan R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 26; INTERLEUKIN 6; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR ROR GAMMA T; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TH17 CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; MICE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 44049104564     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.1610     Document Type: Article

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