Transcriptional reprogramming of mature CD4 + helper T cells generates distinct MHC class II-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes

Nature Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-289

  Mucida, Daniel ^a   Husain, Mohammad Mushtaq ^a   Muroi, Sawako ^b   Van Wijk, Femke ^a,g   Shinnakasu, Ryo ^a,b   Naoe, Yoshinori ^b,h   Reis, Bernardo Sgarbi ^c   Huang, Yujun ^a   Lambolez, Florence ^a   Docherty, Michael ^a,i   Attinger, Antoine ^a,j   Shui, Jr Wen ^a   Kim, Gisen ^a   Lena, Christopher J ^a   Sakaguchi, Shinya ^d   Miyamoto, Chizuko ^a   Wang, Peng ^a,k   Atarashi, Koji ^b,e   Park, Yunji ^a,l   Nakayama, Toshinori ^f   Honda, Kenya ^b,e   Ellmeier, Wilfried ^d   Kronenberg, Mitchell ^a   Taniuchi, Ichiro ^b   Cheroutre, Hilde ^a   more..

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

^b RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

ⁱ UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Merck Serono   (Switzerland)

^k SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^l Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EFFECTOR CELL; HELPER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 85027952412     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2523     Document Type: Article

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