Ringing the interferon alarm: Differential regulation of gene expression at the interface between innate and adaptive immunity

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-58

  Levy, David E ^a   Marié, Isabelle ^a   Prakash, Arun ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY PROTEIN; PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 7;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL TYPE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-7; INTERFERON TYPE I;

EID: 0037290878     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(02)00011-0     Document Type: Review

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