New insights into T cells and their signature cytokines in atopic dermatitis

IUBMB Life

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 601-610

  Wang, Ao Xue ^a   Xu Landén, Ning ^b  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; cytokine; immune; pathogenesis; T cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TH22 CELL; TH9 CELL; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH17 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84940374244     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1405     Document Type: Review

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