IL-1-induced Bhlhe40 identifies pathogenic T helper cells in a model of autoimmune neuroinflammation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 251-271

  Lin, Chih Chung ^a   Bradstreet, Tara R ^a   Schwarzkopf, Elizabeth A ^a   Jarjour, Nicholas N ^a   Chou, Chun ^a   Archambault, Angela S ^a   Sim, Julia ^a   Zinselmeyer, Bernd H ^a   Carrero, Javier A ^a   Wu, Gregory F ^a   Taneja, Reshma ^b   Artyomov, Maxim N ^a   Russell, John H ^a   Edelson, Brian T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX FAMILY MEMBER E40; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BHLHE40 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYTOKINE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IL10 PROTEIN, MOUSE; IL1R1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR TYPE I; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HELPER CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPH NODE CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CYTOKINES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1 TYPE I; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84961196714     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20150568     Document Type: Article

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