Diversity, function, and transcriptional regulation of gut innate lymphocytes

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Rankin, Lucille ^a,b   Groom, Joanna ^a,b   Mielke, Lisa A ^a,b   Seillet, Cyril ^a,b   Belz, Gabrielle T ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Immune protection; Innate lymphocytes; Lymphoid tissue; Lymphoid tissue inducer cells; Progenitor cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTEGRIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; CELL MARKER; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 7; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 1; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 2; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 3; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR; NOTCH4 RECEPTOR; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; THYMOCYTE SELECTION ASSOCIATED HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNORECEPTOR TYROSINE BASED ACTIVATION MOTIF; INFLAMMATION; INNATE HELPER CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; INNATE LYMPHOCYTE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84883791386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00022     Document Type: Review

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