BCL-2 protects human and mouse Th17 cells from glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 640-650

  Banuelos, J ^a   Shin, S ^a   Cao, Y ^a   Bochner, B S ^a   Morales Nebreda, L ^a   Budinger, G R S ^a   Zhou, L ^a   Li, S ^b   Xin, J ^b   Lingen, M W ^b   Dong, C ^c   Schleimer, R P ^a   Lu, N Z ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

apoptosis; asthma; glucocorticoids; T cells; Th17 cells

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 17F; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROTEIN BCL 2; STAT3 PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LUNG; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; BIOMARKERS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, BCL-2; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LUNG; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH17 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84959037326     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12840     Document Type: Article

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