Biological and pathological activities of interleukin-22

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 523-534

  Perusina Lanfranca, Mirna ^a   Lin, Yanwei ^a,b   Fang, Jingyuan ^b   Zou, Weiping ^a,c,d   Frankel, Timothy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Cancer; IL 22; IL 22BP; IL 22R; ILC22; Infection; T cell; Th22

Indexed keywords

FEZAKINUMAB; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 22 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 22; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN-22; INTERLEUKIN-22 RECEPTOR;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FIBROBLAST; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPHOID CELL; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEOPLASM; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKINS; NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84966588506     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-016-1391-6     Document Type: Review

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