Cutting edge: Leptin-induced RORγt expression in CD4+ T cells promotes Th17 responses in systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3054-3058

  Yu, Yiyun ^a,c   Liu, Yaoyang ^a   Shi, Fu Dong ^b   Zou, Hejian ^c   Matarese, Giuseppe ^d,e   La Cava, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TH17 CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; TH17 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84875464349     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1203275     Document Type: Article

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