Genetic controls of th17 cell differentiation and plasticity

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Dong, Chen ^a  

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

Author keywords

CD4 positive T lymphocytes; Cell differentiation; Cytokines; Th17 cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; I KAPPA B; I KAPPA B ZETA; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 17F; PROTEIN BATF; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; SMAD3 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 79251618802     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3858/emm.2011.43.1.007     Document Type: Article

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