A splice variant of the TCR ζ mRNA lacking exon 7 leads to the down-regulation of TCR ζ, the TCR/CD3 complex, and IL-2 production in systemic lupus erythematosus T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3518-3525

  Tsuzaka, Kensei ^a,b   Setoyama, Yumiko ^a   Yoshimoto, Keiko ^a   Shiraishi, Kiyono ^a,b   Suzuki, Katsuya ^a,b   Abe, Tohru ^a   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ZETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 14844347540     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.6.3518     Document Type: Article

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