STAT6-independent production of IL-4 by mast cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1235-1242

  Sherman, Melanie A ^a   Secor, Virginia H ^a   Lee, Susan K ^a   Lopez, Richard D ^a   Brown, Melissa A ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Mast cell; Signal transduction; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; STAT6 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELPER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0032960869     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199904)29:04<1235::aid-immu1235>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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