IL-21 contributes to fatal inflammatory disease in the absence of Foxp3+ T regulatory cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1404-1414

  Vogelzang, Alexis ^a,b   McGuire, Helen M ^a,b   Liu, Sue M ^a,b   Gloss, Brian ^c   Mercado, Karessa ^a,b   Earls, Peter ^d   Dinger, Marcel E ^c   Batten, Marcel ^a,b   Sprent, Jonathan ^a,b,e   King, Cecile ^a,b  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 21 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 22; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREATITIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELL;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-21 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PANCREATITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84896701288     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1302285     Document Type: Article

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