From the cradle to the grave: Activities of GATA-3 throughout T-cell development and differentiation

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-125

  Hosoya, Tomonori ^a   Maillard, Ivan ^a,b   Engel, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

selection; CD4 SP; ETP; GATA 3; Th2

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GATA3 GENE; GENE; HEMATOPOIESIS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH2 CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77958521763     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2010.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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