IRF4 selectively controls cytokine gene expression in chronic intestinal inflammation

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 369-376

  Mudter, Jonas ^a,b   Yu, Jingling ^b   Amoussina, Lioubov ^b   Weigmann, Benno ^b   Hoffman, Arthur ^b   Rücknagel, Katrin ^b   Galle, Peter R ^b   Neurath, Markus F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

IL 17; IL 6; Interferon regulatory factor; IRF4; T cells

Indexed keywords

CD45RB ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; COLITIS; CYTOKINES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-6; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID;

EID: 69549101702     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-009-0046-5     Document Type: Article

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