Transcription factors directing Th2 differentiation: Gata-3 plays a dominant role

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 196, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 4423-4425

  O'Garra, Anne ^a   Gabrysova, Leona ^a  

^a THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84975141231     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600646     Document Type: Article

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