Transcription factor Mef2c is required for B cell proliferation and survival after antigen receptor stimulation

Nature Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 603-612

  Wilker, Peter R ^a   Kohyama, Masako ^a   Sandau, Michelle M ^a   Albring, Jörn C ^a   Nakagawa, Osamu ^b   Schwarz, John J ^c   Murphy, Kenneth M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CALCINEURIN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CYCLIN D2; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2C; PROTEIN BCL XL; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOSS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CALCINEURIN; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; MICE; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 44049105823     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.1609     Document Type: Article

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