Hybrid T-Helper Cells: Stabilizing the Moderate Center in a Polarized System

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Sui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HYBRID CELL; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLARIZATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84883167567     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001632     Document Type: Article

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