Unlike αβ T cells, γδ T cells, LTi cells and NKT cells do not require IRF4 for the production of IL-17A and IL-22

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3189-3201

  Raifer, Hartmann ^a   Mahiny, Azita J ^a   Bollig, Nadine ^a   Petermann, Franziska ^b   Hellhund, Anne ^a   Kellner, Kerstin ^a   Guralnik, Anna ^a   Reinhard, Katharina ^a   Bothur, Evita ^a   Huber, Magdalena ^a   Bauer, Stefan ^a   Löhning, Max ^c   Kiss, Elina A ^d   Ganal, Stephanie C ^d   Diefenbach, Andreas ^d   Korn, Thomas ^b   Lohoff, Michael ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

T cells; IL 17; IL 22; IRF4

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 22; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VITRO PROPAGATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID TISSUE INDUCER CELL; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; THYMUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD27; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECEPTORS, CCR6; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84871345213     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201142155     Document Type: Article

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