How are TH1 and TH2 effector cells made?

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-160

  Amsen, Derk ^a   Spilianakis, Charalampos G ^b   Flavell, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; NOTCH RECEPTOR; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOME; DNA MODIFICATION; EFFECTOR CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 65249107754     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2009.03.010     Document Type: Review

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