Role of the intestinal cytokine microenvironment in shaping the intraepithelial lymphocyte repertoire

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 849-857

  Qiu, Yuan ^a   Wang, Wensheng ^a   Xiao, Weidong ^a   Yang, Hua ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

IL 15; IL 2; IL 7; Stem cell factor; Transforming growth factor b

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84929192703     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.3RU1014-465R     Document Type: Review

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