Interferon γ gene expression in sensory neurons: Evidence for autocrine gene regulation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2023-2031

  Neumann, Harald ^a   Schmidt, Hannes ^a   Wilharm, Elke ^a   Behrens, Lüder ^a   Wekerle, Hartmut ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031441350     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.12.2023     Document Type: Article

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