Cytokine rescue from glucocorticoid induced apoptosis in T cells is mediated through inhibition of IκBα

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 987-994

  Huijuan, Xie ^a   Seward, Robert J ^a   Huber, Brigitte T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Th1 Th2, apoptosis, cytokines, second messengers, transcription factors.

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 4;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CLONE CELLS; CYTOKINES; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0344193131     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00128-4     Document Type: Article

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