Vitamin E inhibits IL-4 gene expression in peripheral blood T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2401-2408

  Li Weber, Min ^a   Giaisi, Marco ^a   Treiber, Monika K ^a   Krammer, Peter H ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; AP 1; IL 2; IL 4; NF B

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; SCAVENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BINDING SITE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BINDING SITES; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; IONOMYCIN; JURKAT CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NF-KAPPA B; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0036738755     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200209)32:9<2401::AID-IMMU2401>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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