IL-21 and TGF-β are required for differentiation of human T H17 cells

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7202, 2008, Pages 350-352

  Yang, Li ^a   Anderson, David E ^a   Baecher Allan, Clare ^a   Hastings, William D ^a   Bettelli, Estelle ^a   Oukka, Mohamed ^a   Kuchroo, Vijay K ^a   Hafler, David A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 21; L SELECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD28; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CYTOLOGY; DISEASE; IMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; STAINING;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 47549112840     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07021     Document Type: Article

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