β-Catenin signaling mediates CD4 expression on mature CD8+ T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2013-2019

  Schenkel, Jason M ^a   Zloza, Andrew ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Narasipura, Srinivas D ^a   Al Harthi, Lena ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; PROTEIN BCL XL; WNT PROTEIN; BCL2L1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL X; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TCF7L2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; BINDING SITE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, CD4; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-X PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77956916469     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902572     Document Type: Article

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