Enhanced TCR-induced apoptosis in interferon regulatory factor 4-deficient CD4+ Th cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-253

  Lohoff, Michael ^a   Mittrücker, Hans Willi ^b   Brüstle, Anne ^a   Sommer, Frank ^a   Casper, Bärbel ^a   Huber, Magda ^a   Ferrick, David A ^c   Duncan, Gordon S ^d   Mak, Tak W ^d,e,f  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f Advanced Medical Discovery Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CD95; IL 4; IRF4; Leishmania major; T helper cell; Th cell

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIBODY; FAS ANTIGEN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; HELPER CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANNEXIN A5; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; COLORING AGENTS; CYTOKINES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 3242759829     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20040182     Document Type: Article

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