Lymphotoxin signalling in immune homeostasis and the control of microorganisms

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 270-279

  Upadhyay, Vaibhav ^a   Fu, Yang Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; LYMPHOTOXIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; DENDRITIC CELL; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; HOMEOSTASIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROFLORA; MICROORGANISM; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DENDRITIC CELLS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84875479171     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3406     Document Type: Review

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