Beyond NK cells: The expanding universe of innate lymphoid cells

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Cella, Marina ^a   Miller, Hannah ^a   Song, Christina ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; IL 22; Innate lymphoid cells; Mucosal tissues; Nkp44

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; KYNURENINE; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E4BP4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EOMES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 84905646965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00282     Document Type: Review

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