Th17 cells bound for the liver: Group tourists or private travellers?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 943-945

  Carambia, Antonella ^a   Herkel, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

cytotoxic T cell; IL 17; interleukin 17; T helper cell; Tc cell; Th cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EDITORIAL; EFFECTOR CELL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH17 CELL;

ANIMALS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; RECEPTORS, CCR6; RECEPTORS, CXCR3; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84867582490     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.08.010     Document Type: Editorial

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