Interferons Up-Regulate STAT1, STAT2, and IRF Family Transcription Factor Gene Expression in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Macrophages

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 794-803

  Lehtonen, Anne ^a   Matikainen, Sampsa ^a   Julkunen, Ilkka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; IRF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STAT2 PROTEIN; STAT2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; INTERFERONS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACROPHAGES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0031570834     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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