Interferon regulatory factor 4 regulates thymocyte differentiation by repressing Runx3 expression

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3198-3209

  Cao, Yonghao ^a   Li, Hai ^a   Sun, Yang ^a   Chen, Xufeng ^a   Liu, Haifeng ^a   Gao, Xiang ^b   Liu, Xiaolong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deacetylation; IRF4; Lineage differentiation; Runx3; Thymocyte

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HISTONE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-4; RUNX3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYMOCYTE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 3 SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79952112644     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040570     Document Type: Article

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