Induction and effector functions of TH17 cells

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7198, 2008, Pages 1051-1057

  Bettelli, Estelle ^a   Korn, Thomas ^a,b   Oukka, Mohamed ^a   Kuchroo, Vijay K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 23; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CYTOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; PROTEIN;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TH17 CELL;

EID: 45749101727     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07036     Document Type: Review

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