IL-21 inhibits IFN-γ production in developing Th1 cells through the repression of Eomesodermin expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3721-3727

  Suto, Akira ^a   Wurster, Andrea L ^a,d   Reiner, Steven L ^b   Grusby, Michael J ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 21; MESSENGER RNA; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLYSIS; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE REPRESSION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH1 CELL;

EID: 33748494020     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.6.3721     Document Type: Article

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