Regulatory mechanisms that control T-follicular helper and T-helper 1 cell flexibility

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-39

  Weinmann, Amy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bcl 6; Helper T cells; STAT; T bet; Tfh; Th1

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN BCL 6; STAT PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; EFFECTOR CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; TH1 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 84891765853     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2013.49     Document Type: Review

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