The role of Th17 lymphocytes in the autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 487-495

  Murdaca, Giuseppe ^a   Colombo, Barbara Maria ^a   Puppo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Inflammatory diseases; Th 17

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17;

ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; HAY FEVER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSORIASIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 81955160918     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-011-0517-7     Document Type: Review

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