A novel role for the major histocompatibility complex class II transactivator CIITA in the repression of IL-4 production

Immunity

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-386

  Gourley, Tania ^a   Roys, Stacey ^a   Lukacs, Nicholas W ^a   Kunkel, Steven L ^a   Flavell, Richard A ^b   Chang, Cheong Hee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0033103383     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80037-0     Document Type: Article

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