Understanding the complexity of γδ T-cell subsets in mouse and human

Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-290

  Pang, Dick J ^a   Neves, Joana F ^a,b   Sumaria, Nital ^a   Pennington, Daniel J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Human T cell subsets; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; LIGAND BINDING; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALARIA; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SKIN; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84861736071     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2012.03582.x     Document Type: Review

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