Differential regulation of IL-4Rα expression by antigen versus cytokine stimulation characterizes Th2 progression in vivo

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 615-623

  Perona Wright, Georgia ^a   Mohrs, Katja ^a   Mayer, Katrin D ^a,b   Mohrs, Markus ^a  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR ALPHA; STAT6 PROTEIN; ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; STAT6 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HELMINTHIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HELMINTH; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH NODE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELMINTHS; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-4 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 76249111890     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902408     Document Type: Article

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