Induction of CIITA and modification of in vivo HLA-DR promoter occupancy in normal thymic epithelial cells treated with IFN-γ: Similarities and distinctions with respect to HLA-DR-constitutive B cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4254-4258

  Rigaud, Gildas ^a,d   De Lerma Barbaro, Andrea ^c   Nicolis, Morena ^a   Cestari, Tiziana ^a   Ramarli, Dunia ^a   Riviera, Anna Pia ^a   Accolla, Roberto S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0030006480     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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