Human memory FOXP3+ Tregs secrete IL-17 ex vivo and constitutively express the TH17 lineage-specific transcription factor RORγt

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 8635-8640

  Ayyoub, Maha ^a   Deknuydt, Florence ^a   Raimbaud, Isabelle ^a   Dousset, Christelle ^a   Leveque, Lucie ^a   Bioley, Gilles ^a   Valmori, Danila ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD161 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 22; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ROR GAMMAT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL;

CELL LINEAGE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-17; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 66649115650     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900621106     Document Type: Article

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