Functional characterization of a nonmammalian IL-21: Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss IL-21 upregulates the expression of the Th cell signature cytokines IFN-γ, IL-10, and IL-22

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 708-721

  Wang, Tiehui ^a   Diaz Rosales, Patricia ^a   Costa, Maria M ^a,b   Campbell, Scott ^c   Snow, Michael ^c   Collet, Bertrand ^c   Martin, Samuel A M ^a   Secombes, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKT 1 PROTEIN; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; CD8BETA ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 22; JANUS KINASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE B BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTRON; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOVIRHABDOVIRUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; UP-REGULATION; YERSINIA INFECTIONS; YERSINIA RUCKER;

EID: 79251542064     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001203     Document Type: Article

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