The IL-23-IL-17 immune axis: From mechanisms to therapeutic testing

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 585-600

  Gaffen, Sarah L ^a   Jain, Renu ^b   Garg, Abhishek V ^a   Cua, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23; IL17RA PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 17 RECEPTOR;

CELL LINEAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; EFFECTOR CELL; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH17 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-23; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-17; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELLS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84906535154     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3707     Document Type: Review

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