Induction and maintenance of IL-4 expression are regulated differently by the 3′ enhancer in CD4 T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2792-2799

  Sofi, M Hanief ^a   Qiao, Yu ^a   Ansel, K Mark ^b   Kubo, Masato ^c   Chang, Cheong Hee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEACETYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYMUS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79952771713     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003353     Document Type: Article

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