Interleukin (IL)-4-independent induction of immunoglobulin (Ig)E, and perturbation of T cell development in transgenic mice expressing IL-13

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 399-404

  Emson, Claire L ^a   Bell, Sarah E ^b   Jones, Alison ^a   Wisden, William ^a   McKenzie, Andrew N J ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IgE; Interleukin 13; Interleukin 4; T cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE LOCATION; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031852973     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.2.399     Document Type: Article

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