c-maf Promotes T helper cell type 2 (Th2) and attenuates Th1 differentiation by both interleukin 4-dependent and -independent mechanisms

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1859-1866

  Ho, I Cheng ^a,b   Lo, David ^c   Glimcher, Laurie H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

C mar; Interleukin 4; T helper cells; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MAF; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032538985     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.10.1859     Document Type: Article

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