Eomes expression reports the progressive differentiation of IFN-γ-producing Th1-like γδ T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 970-981

  Lino, Ciro N R ^a,b   Barros Martins, Joana ^a   Oberdörfer, Linda ^a   Walzer, Thierry ^c   Prinz, Immo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^c CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Cytokines; Developmental immunology; g d T cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; EOMESODERMIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; CYTOKINE; EOMES PROTEIN, MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH17 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH1 CELLS; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 85018843279     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201646753     Document Type: Article

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