T helper 17 cells in primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Matsui, Kiyoshi ^a   Sano, Hajime ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

IL 17; IL 23; Primary sj gren s syndrome; Th17 cells; Treg cells

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; BRAZIKUMAB; BRIAKINUMAB; BRODALUMAB; GAMMA INTERFERON; GUSELKUMAB; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; IXEKIZUMAB; MIRIKIZUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SECUKINUMAB; TILDRAKIZUMAB; TOCILIZUMAB; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USTEKINUMAB;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POLARIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIALOADENITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL;

EID: 85053568819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jcm6070065     Document Type: Review

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