GATA-3 induces T helper cell type 2 (Th2) cytokine expression and chromatin remodeling in committed Th1 cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-115

  Lee, Hyun Jun ^a   Takemoto, Naofumi ^b   Kurata, Hirokazu ^a   Kamogawa, Yumiko ^b,c   Miyatake, Shoichiro ^b,c   O'Garra, Anne ^a   Arai, Naoko ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Core Res Evol Sci and Technol ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

CAMP; CD4; Cytokines; Differentiation; Signaling

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOREGULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CYTOKINES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0000344022     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.1.105     Document Type: Article

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