T helper 2 (Th2) cell differentiation, type 2 innate lymphoid cell (ILC2) development and regulation of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-13 production

Cytokine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-24

  Zhu, Jinfang ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

GATA3; Interleukin 13; Interleukin 4; Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2); Type 2 T helper cells (Th2)

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; NOTCH RECEPTOR; STAT5 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; CHROMATIN; GATA3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN-13, HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

BASOPHIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOID CELL; MAST CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELL; TYPE 2 INNATE LYMPHOID CELL; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; EOSINOPHILS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MAST CELLS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84938743922     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: 10960023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2015.05.010     Document Type: Review

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