The multiple facets of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) during allergic inflammation and beyond

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 877-886

  Roan, Florence ^a,b   Bell, Bryan D ^a,b   Stoklasek, Thomas A ^a,b   Kitajima, Masayuki ^a,b   Han, Hongwei ^a,b   Ziegler, Steven F ^a,b  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atopic; Autoimmunity; Cancer; Intestines; Lung; Skin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; MESSENGER RNA; OX40 LIGAND; STAT PROTEIN; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR GROWTH; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84861926185     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1211622     Document Type: Review

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