Regulation of interferon-γ gene expression by nuclear factor of activated T cells

Blood

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1480-1488

  Kiani, Alexander ^a,b,c   García Cózar, Francisco J ^a,b,c   Habermann, Ivonne ^a,b,c   Laforsch, Stefanie ^a,b,c   Aebischer, Toni ^a,b,c   Ehninger, Gerhard ^a,b,c   Rao, Anjana ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELPER CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0035469827     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V98.5.1480     Document Type: Article

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