Activin A programs the differentiation of human T FH cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 976-984

  Locci, Michela ^a   Wu, Jennifer E ^a   Arumemi, Fortuna ^a   Mikulski, Zbigniew ^a   Dahlberg, Carol ^b   Miller, Andrew T ^b   Crotty, Shane ^a,c,d  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GENOMICS INSTITUTE OF THE NOVARTIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 35; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; ACTIVIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FOLLICULAR HELPER T CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PRIMATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRIMATES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84976869213     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3494     Document Type: Article

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