Natural agonists for aryl hydrocarbon receptor in culture medium are essential for optimal differentiation of Th17 T cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-49

  Veldhoen, Marc ^a   Hirota, Keiji ^a   Christensen, Jillian ^b   O'Garra, Anne ^a   Stockinger, Brigitta ^a  

^a Division of Molecular Immunology   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 22; STAT5 PROTEIN; 2 METHYL 2H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID (2 METHYL 4 O TOLYLAZOPHENYL)AMIDE; 2-METHYL-2H-PYRAZOLE-3-CARBOXYLIC ACID (2-METHYL-4-O-TOLYLAZOPHENYL)AMIDE; 6 FORMYLINDOLO(3,2 B)CARBAZOLE; 6-FORMYLINDOLO(3,2-B)CARBAZOLE; AZO COMPOUND; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN-22; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR ROR GAMMA; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR ROR-GAMMA; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGONIST; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MATURATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HELPER CELL; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CARBAZOLES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAZOLES; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 60549095448     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20081438     Document Type: Article

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