Stochastic Cytokine Expression Induces Mixed T Helper Cell States

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Fang, Miaoqing ^a,b   Xie, Huangming ^c,e   Dougan, Stephanie K ^c   Ploegh, Hidde ^b,c   van Oudenaarden, Alexander ^b,d  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GATA3 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; IFNG GENE; IL4 GENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TBX21 GENE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84880953116     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001618     Document Type: Article

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