Innate lymphoid cells: models of plasticity for immune homeostasis and rapid responsiveness in protection

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1103-1112

  Almeida, F F ^a,b   Belz, G T ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 25; INTERLEUKIN 27; INTERLEUKIN 33; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 9; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; PERFORIN; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PLASTICITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOID CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PLASTICITY; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84982267281     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: 19353456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2016.64     Document Type: Review

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