Interleukin 4 promotes the development of ex-Foxp3 Th2 cells during immunity to intestinal helminths

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1809-1826

  Pelly, Victoria S ^a   Coomes, Stephanie M ^a   Kannan, Yashaswini ^a   Gialitakis, Manolis ^a   Entwistle, Lewis J ^a   Perez Lloret, Jimena ^a   Czieso, Stephanie ^a   Okoye, Isobel S ^a   Rückerl, Dominik ^b   Allen, Judith E ^b   Brombacher, Frank ^c   Wilson, Mark S ^a,d  

^a THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; HELMINTHIASIS; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SECONDARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL POLARITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRONGYLE INFECTION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNITY; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTESTINES; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 85021855796     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20161104     Document Type: Article

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