ERK phosphorylation and miR-181a expression modulate activation of human memory Th17 cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mele, Federico ^a   Basso, Camilla ^a   Leoni, Cristina ^a   Aschenbrenner, Dominik ^a   Becattini, Simone ^a,b   Latorre, Daniela ^a   Lanzavecchia, Antonio ^a,b   Sallusto, Federica ^a   Monticelli, Silvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 181A; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIGEN; MIRN181 MICRORNA, HUMAN; MIRN181 MICRORNA, MOUSE;

ANTIGEN; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEMORY; PHENOTYPE; POLARIZATION; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; TH17 CELL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICRORNAS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84938909611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7431     Document Type: Article

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