(IL-)12 and 21: A new kind of help in the follicles

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 577-578

  Nurieva, Roza I ^a   Dong, Chen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 21;

BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NOTE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECRETORY CELL; TONSIL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKINS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 70450210301     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2009.79     Document Type: Note

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