Defective IL-12 production in mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase 3 (Mkk3)-deficient mice

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1845-1857

  Lu, Hong Tao ^a   Yang, Derek D ^a,b   Wysk, Mark ^c   Gatti, Evelina ^a   Mellman, Ira ^a   Davis, Roger J ^c   Flavell, Richard A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Interleukin 12; Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); MKK3; p38 MAPK

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE INACTIVATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033118982     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.7.1845     Document Type: Article

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