Functions of thymic stromal lymphopoietin in immunity and disease

Immunologic Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-223

  Zhang, Yanlu ^a   Zhou, Baohua ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Cancer; Inflammation; Th2; TSLP

Indexed keywords

THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASOPHIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BASOPHILS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MICE; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; NEOPLASMS; RHINITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84864283017     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: 15590755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-012-8264-z     Document Type: Article

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