IRF4 regulates IL-10 gene expression in CD4+ T cells through differential nuclear translocation

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-104

  Lee, Choong Gu ^a   Hwang, Won ^a   Maeng, Ki Eun ^a   Kwon, Ho Keun ^a   So, Jae Seon ^a   Sahoo, Anupama ^a   Lee, Sung Haeng ^b   Park, Zee Yong ^a   Im, Sin Hyeog ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4); Interleukin 10 (IL 10); Th1 Th2 cells

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 10; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79954421203     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: 10902163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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