An animated landscape representation of CD4+ T-cell differentiation, variability, and plasticity: Insights into the behavior of populations versus cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2216-2229

  Rebhahn, Jonathan A ^a   Deng, Nan ^a   Sharma, Gaurav ^b   Livingstone, Alexandra M ^a   Huang, Sui ^c   Mosmann, Tim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Cytokines; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTION; EFFECTOR CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE PLASTICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE VARIABILITY; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL;

CD4+ T CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; MODELING;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84906091933     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201444645     Document Type: Review

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