Cutting edge: The transcription factor Kruppel-like factor 4 regulates the differentiation of Th17 cells independently of RORγt

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7161-7164

  Lebson, Lori ^a   Gocke, Anne ^a   Rosenzweig, Jason ^a   Alder, Jonathan ^b   Civin, Curt ^c   Calabresi, Peter A ^a   Whartenby, Katharine A ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TH17 CELL; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; INTERLEUKIN-17; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TH17 CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 78650641116     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002750     Document Type: Article

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