Type i interferons regulate eomesodermin expression and the development of unconventional memory CD8 + T cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Martinet, Valérie ^a   Tonon, Sandrine ^a   Torres, David ^a   Azouz, Abdulkader ^a   Nguyen, Muriel ^a   Kohler, Arnaud ^a   Flamand, Véronique ^a   Mao, Chai An ^b   Klein, William H ^b   Leo, Oberdan ^a   Goriely, Stanislas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN; INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 9; INTERLEUKIN 4; ALPHA BETA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; ANTIGEN; EOMES PROTEIN, MOUSE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IFNAR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; IRF9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIGEN; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; PHENOTYPE; SIGNALING;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MEMORY CELL; MYELOID PROGENITOR CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PHENOTYPE; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERFERON TYPE I; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERFERON-STIMULATED GENE FACTOR 3, GAMMA SUBUNIT; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLY I-C; RECEPTOR, INTERFERON ALPHA-BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; THYMOCYTES;

EID: 84929207241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8089     Document Type: Article

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