Th9 cells. Functionally important or just an epiphenomenon?;Th9-zellen: Funktionell bedeutsam oder nur ein epiphänomen?

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-419

  Ramming, A ^a   Schulze Koops, H ^a   Skapenko, A ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Immunological memory; T cell maturation; T cells; Th9

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 9;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; EPIGENETICS; GENE INACTIVATION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; TH9 CELL;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-9; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84864036803     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: 14351250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00393-011-0942-z     Document Type: Article

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