T cell priming enhances IL-4 gene expression by increasing nuclear factor of activated T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 860-870

  Cron, Randy Q ^a   Bort, Susan J ^a   Wang, Yunxia ^a   Brunvand, Mark W ^b   Lewis, David B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERPHASE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033555419     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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