The zinc finger protein Gfi1 is implicated in the regulation of IgG2b production and the expression of Iγ2b germline transcripts

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3004-3014

  Igwe, Emeka ^a,b   Kosan, Christian ^c   Khandanpour, Cyrus ^c   Sharif Askari, Ehssan ^b   Brüne, Bernhard ^b   Möröy, Tarik ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

B cells; Class switching; Gfi1; Immunoglobulin isotypes; Sterile germline transcripts

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN GFI1; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GFI1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 58149345673     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838251     Document Type: Article

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