IL-4 and IL-13 Production in Differentiated T Helper Type 2 Cells Is Not IL-4 Dependent

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3731-3738

  Huang, Hua ^a,c   Hu Li, Jane ^a   Chen, Hangjiong ^a   Ben Sasson, S Z ^b   Paul, William E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STAT6 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

A J MOUSE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEEDBACK; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031572577     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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