Stat4 is critical for the balance between Th17 cells and regulatory T cells in colitis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6597-6606

  Xu, Jiangnan ^a   Yang, Yu ^b   Qiu, Guixing ^c   Lal, Girdhari ^a   Yin, Na ^a   Wu, Zhihong ^c   Bromberg, Jonathan S ^a   Ding, Yaozhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL MATURATION; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11C; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLITIS; DENDRITIC CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, SCID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 79958037032     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1004074     Document Type: Article

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