The zinc finger protein and transcriptional repressor Gfi1 as a regulator of the innate immune response

Immunobiology

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 341-352

  Möröy, Tarik ^a,b,c,d   Zeng, Hui ^a,e   Jin, Jianmin ^a,f   Schmid, Kurt Werner ^a   Carpinteiro, Alexander ^a   Gulbins, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptotsis; Cytokines; Endotoxin; Gfi1; Inflammation; Innate immune response; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GFI1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSFER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GRANULOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOKINES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 41649106096     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2007.11.004     Document Type: Review

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