A NF-κB/c-myc-dependent survival pathway is targeted by corticosteroids in immature thymocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 314-322

  Wang, Weihong ^a   Wykrzykowska, Joanna ^b   Johnson, Todd ^b   Sen, Ranjan ^a   Sen, Jyoti ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MYC; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032963293     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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