Basophils function as antigen-presenting cells for an allergen-induced T helper type 2 response

Nature Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 713-720

  Sokol, Caroline L ^a   Chu, Ngoc Quynh ^a   Yu, Shuang ^a   Nish, Simone A ^a   Laufer, Terri M ^b   Medzhitov, Ruslan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PAPAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH2 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BASOPHILS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAPAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 67649216604     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.1738     Document Type: Article

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