The STAT3 isoforms α and β have unique and specific functions

Nature Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-409

  Maritano, Diego ^a,b   Sugrue, Michelle L ^b,e   Tininini, Silvia ^b   Dewilde, Sarah ^a   Strobl, Birgit ^c,f   Fu, Xin Ping ^b   Murray Tait, Victoria ^b   Chiarle, Roberto ^a,d   Poli, Valeria ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^d Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies CERMS   (Italy)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Inst of Anim Breeding and Genetics   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; ISOPROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHAL MUTANT; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FERTILITY; GENES, LETHAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 4644261307     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1052     Document Type: Article

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