An IL-4Rα allelic variant, I50, acts as a gain-of-function variant relative to V50 for Stat6, but not Th2 differentiation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4523-4528

  Stephenson, Linda ^a   Johns, Mary H ^a   Woodward, Emily ^a   Mora, Ana L ^a,b   Boothby, Mark ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR ALPHA; ISOLEUCINE; STAT6 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ALLELE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 4644312320     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.7.4523     Document Type: Article

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