Early growth response transcription factors and the modulation of immune response. Implications towards autoimmunity

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 454-458

  Gómez Martín, Diana ^a   Díaz Zamudio, Mariana ^a   Galindo Campos, Miguel ^a   Alcocer Varela, Jorge ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

EGR; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CBL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CLONAL ANERGY; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 77949917259     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2009.12.006     Document Type: Review

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