Aryl hydrocarbon receptor controls regulatory CD4+ T cell function

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Pot, Caroline ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands; Regulatory type 1 T cells

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CURCUMIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 22; KYNURENINE; LATENCY ASSOCIATED PEPTIDE; LIGAND; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BINDING AFFINITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLITIS; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; UVEORETINITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; LIGANDS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON;

EID: 84863493136     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13592     Document Type: Review

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