Interactions among the transcription factors Runx1, RORγt and Foxp3 regulate the differentiation of interleukin 17-producing T cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1297-1306

  Zhang, Fuping ^a   Meng, Guangxun ^a   Strober, Warren ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ROR GAMMA T; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; JURKAT CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 54549100120     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.1663     Document Type: Article

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