Transcription factor Gfi1 restricts B cell-mediated autoimmunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 6222-6229

  Rathinam, Chozhavendan ^a,c   Lassmann, Hans ^b   Mengel, Michael ^a   Klein, Christoph ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GFI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GFI1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; KIDNEY; MEDIATOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIVISION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, SCID; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 58749108322     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.9.6222     Document Type: Article

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