Plasticity of CD4+ T Cell Lineage Differentiation

Immunity

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 646-655

  Zhou, Liang ^a   Chong, Mark M W ^a   Littman, Dan R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 65549115862     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.05.001     Document Type: Review

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