Transcriptional regulation of Th2 cell differentiation

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-249

  Zhu, Jinfang ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; STAT5 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ALLERGY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77949876116     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2009.114     Document Type: Review

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