T-helper 17 cell differentiation
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0072539
The process in which a relatively unspecialized T cell acquires the specialized features of a T-helper 17 (Th17) cell. A Th17 cell is a CD4-positive, alpha-beta T cell with the phenotype RORgamma-t-positive that produces IL-17. [ GOC:BHF GOC:ebc http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000899 ]
Term info
Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.
mah
2011-01-17T11:18:47Z
T-helper 17 cell development
biological_process
GO:0072539