Altered thymic selection and increased autoimmunity caused by ectopic expression of DRAK2 during T cell development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 285-297

  Gatzka, Martina ^a,b   Newton, Ryan H ^a   Walsh, Craig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DEATH ASSOCIATED PROTEIN RELATED APOPTOTIC KINASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRAK2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONE CELLS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 68949143063     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803530     Document Type: Article

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