Evidence for a network transcriptional control of promiscuous gene expression in medullary thymic epithelial cells

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3240-3244

  Macedo, Cláudia ^a   Evangelista, Adriane F ^a   Magalhães, Danielle A ^a   Fornari, Thaís A ^a   Linhares, Leandra L ^b   Junta, Cristina M ^a   Silva, Guilherme L ^a   Sakamoto Hojo, Elza T ^a   Donadi, Eduardo A ^a   Savino, Wilson ^b   Passos, Geraldo A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aire; Autoantigen; Autoimmunity; Central T cell tolerance; Gene network; Medullary thymic epithelial cells; Promiscuous gene expression; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MURINAE;

EID: 70349604696     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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