Activating transcription factor 3 is a positive regulator of human IFNG gene expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4990-4999

  Filén, Sanna ^a   Ylikoski, Emmi ^a   Tripathi, Subhash ^a   West, Anne ^a   Björkman, Mari ^a   Nyström, Joel ^a   Ahlfors, Helena ^a,b   Coffey, Eleanor ^a   Rao, Kanury V S ^c   Rasool, Omid ^a   Lahesmaa, Riitta ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; ALPHA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR BETA2; INTERLEUKIN 18; LUCIFERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATF3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TH1 CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; L CELL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TH2 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; JURKAT CELLS; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77954465997     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903106     Document Type: Article

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