Hypomethylation of the proximal and intronic regulatory regions of the IFN-γ gene is not essential for its transcription by naive CD4+ T cells cultured with IL-4

Immunology Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-245

  Kiyomasu, Takahiro ^a   Katamura, Kenji ^a   Ueno, Hideki ^a   Iio, Jun ^a   Ohmura, Kayo ^a   Heike, Toshio ^b   Furusho, Kenshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; IFN ; IL 4

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FETAL BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTRONS; IONOMYCIN; LEUCINE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TATA BOX; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TH1 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033520041     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2478(99)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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