Nuclear hormone receptors put immunity on sterols

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2730-2741

  Santori, Fabio R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol biosynthesis; Immunology; Lymphoid tissues; Nuclear hormone receptors; ROR t; Sterols

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; MEVALONIC ACID; NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR; STEROL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA;

CELL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METABOLIC REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MACROPHAGE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; STEROLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84943201562     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201545712     Document Type: Short Survey

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