Demethylation of promoter regulatory elements contributes to CD70 overexpression in CD4+ T cells from patients with subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus: Experimental dermatology • Original article

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-430

  Luo, Y ^a   Zhao, M ^a   Lu, Q ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD70 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RNA METHYLATION; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD70; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951231981     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03611.x     Document Type: Article

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