Innate lymphoid cells as regulators of immunity, inflammation and tissue homeostasis

Nature Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 765-774

  Klose, Christoph S N ^a   Artis, David ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; ENKEPHALIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 25; INTERLEUKIN 27; INTERLEUKIN 33; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 7; LEUKOTRIENE D4; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PERFORIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UVOMORULIN; CYTOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADIPOCYTE; ALLERGY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC CELL; GROUP 2 INNATE LYMPHOID CELL; GROUP 3 INNATE LYMPHOID CELL; HELPER CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; INTESTINE INFECTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOID CELL; METABOLIC DISORDER; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE REPAIR; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; WOUND HEALING;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; NEOPLASMS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84976336408     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3489     Document Type: Review

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