Immune regulation by IL-27 for therapeutic usage

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 202-213

  Yoshida, Hiroki ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; IL 27; Suppression; T helper; Th17

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 27; INTERLEUKIN 27 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 35; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERLEUKIN 17;

ALLERGY; ARTHRITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-17; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 73349120261     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.32.202     Document Type: Review

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