Proprotein convertase furin is preferentially expressed in T helper 1 cells and regulates interferon gamma

Blood

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 983-985

  Pesu, Marko ^a   Muul, Linda ^a   Kanno, Yuka ^a   O'Shea, John J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FURIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; SERINE PROTEINASE; STAT PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33746600246     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 00064971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-09-3824     Document Type: Article

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