Essential role of IκB kinase α in thymic organogenesis required for the establishment of self-tolerance

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 3995-4002

  Kinoshita, Dan ^a   Hirota, Fumiko ^a   Kaisho, Tsuneyasu ^b   Kasai, Michiyuki ^c   Izumi, Keisuke ^a   Bando, Yoshimi ^a   Mouri, Yasuhiro ^a   Matsushima, Akemi ^a   Niki, Shino ^a   Han, Hongwei ^a   Oshikawa, Kiyotaka ^a   Kuroda, Noriyuki ^a   Maegawa, Masahiko ^a   Irahara, Minoru ^a   Takeda, Kiyoshi ^d   Akira, Shizuo ^e   Matsumoto, Mitsuru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Research Center for Allergy and Immunology   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

I KAPPA B KINASE ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL; I KAPPA B KINASE; NF KAPPA B KINASE; NF-KAPPA B KINASE; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS; THYMUS GRAFT; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; I-KAPPA B KINASE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NF-KAPPA B; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-REL; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SELF TOLERANCE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33646055527     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.7.3995     Document Type: Article

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