The role of tec family kinases in the regulation of T-helper-cell differentiation

International Reviews of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-154

  Boucheron, Nicole ^a   Ellmeier, Wilfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

CD4 + T cells; Immune regulation; Protein tyrosine kinases; Th subsets

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 17; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE MUTATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MEMORY CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84860449863     PISSN: 08830185     EISSN: 15635244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08830185.2012.664798     Document Type: Review

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