T cell-specific disruption of arylhydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (Arnt) gene causes resistance to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-induced thymic involution

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4113-4120

  Tomita, Shuhei ^a,b,c   Jiang, Hou Bo ^a   Ueno, Tomoo ^b   Takagi, Satoshi ^d   Tohi, Keiko ^c   Maekawa, Shin Ichi ^c   Miyatake, Akira ^a   Furukawa, Aizo ^a   Gonzalez, Frank J ^e   Takeda, Junji ^d   Ichikawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Takahama, Yousuke ^b,c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; PROTEIN P56; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARNT GENE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; FETUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS ATROPHY; THYMUS INVOLUTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0141923738     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.8.4113     Document Type: Article

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