Complex interactions of transcription factors in mediating cytokine biology in T cells

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-156

  Li, Peng ^a   Spolski, Rosanne ^a   Liao, Wei ^a   Leonard, Warren J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Cytokines; Gene regulation; T cells; Th1 Th2 Th17 cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 2; MICRORNA; STAT PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UNTRANSLATED RNA; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; EPIGENETICS; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TFH CELL; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TH9 CELL; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; PROTEIN BINDING; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84905972007     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12199     Document Type: Article

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