The phenotype of human Th17 cells and their precursors, the cytokines that mediate their differentiation and the role of Th17 cells in inflammation

International Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1361-1368

  Annunziato, Francesco ^a   Cosmi, Lorenzo ^a   Liotta, Francesco ^a   Maggi, Enrico ^a   Romagnani, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD161; IL 1 ; IL 23; ROR t; TGF

Indexed keywords

CD161 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 23 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RETINOIC ACID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 17;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESEARCH; EFFECTOR CELL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; TISSUE INJURY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; HYPER IGE SYNDROME; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-17; JOB'S SYNDROME; MICE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 54949139265     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxn106     Document Type: Review

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