T-bet: A bridge between innate and adaptive immunity

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 777-789

  Lazarevic, Vanja ^a   Glimcher, Laurie H ^b   Lord, Graham M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 84886790466     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3536     Document Type: Review

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