Interleukin-6/STAT3 signaling regulates the ability of naive T cells to acquire B-cell help capacities

Blood

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2426-2433

  Eddahri, Fouad ^a   Denanglaire, Sébastien ^a   Bureau, Fabrice ^b   Spolski, Rosanne ^c   Leonard, Warren J ^c   Leo, Oberdan ^a   Andris, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 6; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 63849275584     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-04-154682     Document Type: Article

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