Interferons enhance HLA-G mRNA and protein in transfected mouse fibroblasts

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-15

  Chu, Wenjiang ^a   Yang, Yaping ^a   Geraghty, Daniel E ^b   Hunt, Joan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Gene regulation; HLA G; Interferons; Mouse; Transfection

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; DACTINOMYCIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA G ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBROBLASTS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERFERON-BETA; INTERFERONS; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032943989     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(98)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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