The cytokine TGF-β 2 co-opts signaling via STAT3-STAT4 to promote the differentiation of human T FH cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 856-865

  Schmitt, Nathalie ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Bentebibel, Salah Eddine ^a   Munagala, Indira ^a   Bourdery, Laure ^a   Venuprasad, K ^a   Banchereau, Jacques ^a,b   Ueno, Hideki ^a  

^a BAYLOR INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN BCL 6; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; BCL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; RORC PROTEIN, HUMAN; STAT3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STAT3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; STAT4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STAT4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOLOGY; TH17 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TH17 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84906306956     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2947     Document Type: Article

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