STAT4 expression in human T cells is regulated by DNA methylation but not by promoter polymorphism

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7143-7150

  Shin, Hyun Jin ^a,c   Park, Hye Young ^c   Jeong, Sook Jung ^c   Park, Heung Woo ^a   Kim, Yoon Keun ^a   Cho, Sang Heon ^a   Kim, You Young ^a   Cho, Mi La ^b   Kim, Ho Youn ^b   Min, Kyung Up ^a   Lee, Chang Woo ^c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STAT4 GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 28244484054     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.11.7143     Document Type: Article

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