STAT4 isoforms differentially regulate Th1 cytokine production and the severity of inflammatory bowel disease

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 5062-5070

  O'Malley, John T ^a   Eri, Rajaraman D ^b   Stritesky, Gretta L ^a   Mathur, Anubhav N ^a   Chang, Hua Chen ^a   HogenEsch, Harm ^c   Srinivasan, Mythily ^b   Kaplan, Mark H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45RB ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN; STAT4 ALPHA PROTEIN; STAT4 BETA PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTACOID; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; STAT4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TISSUE INJURY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFUSION; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SECRETION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, SCID; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH1 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 58149296553     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.7.5062     Document Type: Article

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