Effector/memory CD4 T cells making either Th1 or Th2 cytokines commonly co-express T-bet and GATA-3

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Das, Arundhoti ^a   Ranganathan, Vidya ^a   Umar, Danish ^a   Thukral, Shipra ^a,b   George, Anna ^a   Rath, Satyajit ^a   Bal, Vineeta ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^b BD Diagnostics   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX21;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 85032888066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185932     Document Type: Article

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