NF-κB-regulated suppression of T-bet in T cells represses Th1 immune responses in pregnancy

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1386-1396

  McCracken, Sharon A ^a,b   Hadfield, Katrina ^a   Rahimi, Zolaikha ^a   Gallery, Eileen D ^a   Morris, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Human; T cells; Th1 Th2 cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; IONOMYCIN; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; SN 50; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX21; T-BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX21; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LYSATE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WHOLE CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; NF-KAPPA B; PREGNANCY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 34250337265     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200636322     Document Type: Article

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