Th17 lymphocytes in respiratory syncytial virus infection

Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 777-791

  Bystrom, Jonas ^a   Al Adhoubi, Nasra ^b   Al Bogami, Mohammed ^a   Jawad, Ali S ^b   Mageed, Rizgar A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interleukin 13; Interleukin 17; Interleukin 23; Mucus; Pneumovirus; RSV; Th17

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ASTHMA; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MUCUS SECRETION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFANT; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84874835170     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v5030777     Document Type: Review

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