Development of innate lymphoid cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 775-782

  Zook, Erin C ^a   Kee, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTEGRIN; EOMESODERMIN; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; MOUSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84976314221     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3481     Document Type: Review

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