A novel immunosuppressive factor in bovine colostrum blocks activation of the interleukin 2 gene enhancer at the NFAT site

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 585-593

  Sambasivarao, Damaraju ^a   Hooton, Jonathan ^a   Dost, Axel ^a   Paetkau, Verner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Immunosuppression; NFAT; Reporter gene; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COLOSTRUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; COLOSTRUM; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, REPORTER; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERLEUKIN-2; JURKAT CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0030330303     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o96-063     Document Type: Article

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