Why do T cells express the vitamin D receptor?

Calcitriol Suppresses Antiretinal Autoimmunity through Inhibitory Effects on the Th17 Effector Response

(2009) J. Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Thymic self-reactivity selects natural interleukin 17–producing T cells that can regulate peripheral inflammation

(2009) Benjamin R Marks et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Infection and autoimmunity

(2008) Anne Cooke   BLOOD CELLS MOLECULES AND DISEASES

The thymus chapter in the life of gut-specific intra epithelial lymphocytes

(2008) Hilde Cheroutre et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

CD1d-restricted iNKT cells, the ‘Swiss-Army knife’ of the immune system

(2008) Jennifer L Matsuda et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Helminths and the IBD hygiene hypothesis

(2008) Joel V. Weinstock et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

The paradoxical effects of vitamin D on type 1 mediated immunity

(2008) Margherita T. Cantorna et al.   MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE

Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis: an update

(2008) Margherita T Cantorna   NUTRITION REVIEWS

The vitamin D receptor is required for iNKT cell development

(2008) Sanhong Yu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Failure of T cell homing, reduced CD4/CD8   intraepithelial lymphocytes, and inflammation in the gut of vitamin D receptor KO mice

(2008) S. Yu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA