Cutting edge: Expression of the NF of activated T cells in eosinophils: Regulation by IL-4 and IL-5

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-24

  Jinquan, Tan ^a,b   Quan, Sha ^a   Jacobi, Henrik H ^a   Reimert, Claus M ^a   Millner, Anders ^a   Hansen, Jens B ^a   Thygesen, Charlotte ^a   Ryder, Lars P ^a   Madsen, Hans O ^a   Malling, Hans Jørgen ^a   Poulsen, Lars K ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EOSINOPHIL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033168174     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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