The transcription factors Blimp-1 and IRF4 jointly control the differentiation and function of effector regulatory T cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 304-312

  Cretney, Erika ^a,b   Xin, Annie ^a,b   Shi, Wei ^a,b   Minnich, Martina ^c   Masson, Frederick ^a,b   Miasari, Maria ^a,b   Belz, Gabrielle T ^a,b   Smyth, Gordon K ^a,b   Busslinger, Meinrad ^c   Nutt, Stephen L ^a,b   Kallies, Axel ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79952955744     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2006     Document Type: Article

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