MicroRNAs in T helper cell differentiation and plasticity

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 291-298

  Monticelli, Silvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Immunological memory; MicroRNAs; Plasticity; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; MICRORNAS; PLASTICITY; T LYMPHOCYTES;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICRORNAS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84888884174     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: 10963618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2013.10.015     Document Type: Review

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