Down-regulation of IL-4 gene transcription and control of Th2 cell differentiation by a mechanism involving NFAT1

Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 849-860

  Kiani, Alexander ^a   Viola, João P B ^a   Lichtman, Andrew H ^b   Rao, Anjana ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN REGULATION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELPER CELL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031415048     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80403-3     Document Type: Article

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