Helios is associated with CD4 T cells differentiating to T helper 2 and follicular helper T cells in vivo independently of Foxp3 expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Serre, Karine ^a   Bénézech, Cécile ^a   Desanti, Guillaume ^a   Bobat, Saeeda ^a   Toellner, Kai Michael ^a   Bird, Roger ^a   Chan, Susan ^b   Kastner, Philippe ^b   Cunningham, Adam F ^a   MacLennan, Ian C M ^a   Mohr, Elodie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; GAMMA INTERFERON; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; OVALBUMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HELIOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOKINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GATA3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; OVALBUMIN ALUM; OVALBUMIN-ALUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZFPN1A2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; HELPER CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SALMONELLA; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

SALMONELLA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NF-KAPPA B; OVALBUMIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79958074214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020731     Document Type: Article

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