Regulation of the IgE isotype switch: New insights on cytokine signals and the functions of ε germline transcripts

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 618-623

  Oettgen, Hans C ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD47 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 13 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; NUCLEASE; RNA;

ALLERGY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033747340     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(00)00153-9     Document Type: Review

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