The IL-4 Receptor α-Chain Cytoplasmic Domain Is Sufficient for Activation of JAK-1 and STAT6 and the Induction of IL-4-Specific Gene Expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5860-5867

  Reichel, Martin ^a   Nelson, Brad H ^b,c,d   Greenberg, Philip D ^b,c   Rothman, Paul B ^a,e  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR; JAK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; JAK3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; JANUS KINASE 1; JANUS KINASE 3; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STAT6 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; JANUS KINASE 1; JANUS KINASE 3; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0031570471     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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