IFN regulatory factor 4 regulates the expression of a subset of Th2 cytokines

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1598-1606

  Ahyi, Ayele Nati N ^a   Chang, Hua Chen ^a   Dent, Alexander L ^a   Nutt, Stephen L ^b   Kaplan, Mark H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-4; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTO ONCOGENE PROTEIN SPI 1; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN SPI-1; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 68149125188     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803302     Document Type: Article

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