STAT3 Signaling Induces the Differentiation of Human ICOS+ CD4 T Cells Helping B lymphocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Ysebrant de Lendonck, Laure ^a   Eddahri, Fouad ^b   Delmarcelle, Yves ^b   Nguyen, Muriel ^a   Leo, Oberdan ^a   Goriely, Stanislas ^a   Marchant, Arnaud ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ImmuneHealth   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 27; INTERLEUKIN 6; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ICOS GENE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; INDUCIBLE T-CELL CO-STIMULATOR PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-27; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84880801512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071029     Document Type: Article

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