Regulation of T-cell responses and disease by Tec kinase Itk

International Reviews of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-165

  August, Avery ^a   Ragin, Melanie J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR10; EOMESODERMIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROTEIN ITK; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BINDING SITE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84860461389     PISSN: 08830185     EISSN: 15635244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08830185.2012.668981     Document Type: Review

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