An IRF8-binding promoter variant and AIRE control CHRNA1 promiscuous expression in thymus

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7156, 2007, Pages 934-937

  Giraud, Matthieu ^a,b,c   Taubert, Richard ^d   Vandiedonck, Claire ^a,b   Ke, Xiayi ^e   Lévi Strauss, Matthieu ^a,b   Pagani, Franco ^f   Baralle, Francisco E ^f   Eymard, Bruno ^g   Tranchant, Christine ^h   Gajdos, Philippe ⁱ   Vincent, Angela ^c   Willcox, Nick ^c   Beeson, David ^c   Kyewski, Bruno ^d   Garchon, Henri Jean ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^g PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

ⁱ RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; GENE EXPRESSION; MUSCLE; MUTATION; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS; TRANSACTIVATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34548151158     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06066     Document Type: Article

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