Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 4 Is Required for the Transcription Factor T-bet to Promote T Helper 1 Cell-Fate Determination

Immunity

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 679-690

  Thieu, Vivian T ^a   Yu, Qing ^a   Chang, Hua Chen ^a   Yeh, Norman ^a   Nguyen, Evelyn T ^a   Sehra, Sarita ^a   Kaplan, Mark H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MOLIMMUNO

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 55349117409     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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