Rapid in vivo conversion of effector T cells into Th2 cells during helminth infection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 615-623

  Panzer, Marc ^a,b   Sitte, Selina ^b   Wirth, Stefanie ^a   Drexler, Ingo ^c,d,e   Sparwasser, Tim ^f   Voehringer, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EFFECTOR CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; HELMINTHIASIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFER; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REPOLARIZATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; TH17 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84856022450     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101164     Document Type: Article

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