Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) directly regulates proliferation in thymocyte development and IL-17 expression during Th17 differentiation

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3634-3645

  An, Jie ^a   Golech, Susanne ^a   Klaewsongkram, Jettanong ^a,d   Zhang, Yongqing ^a   Subedi, Kalpana ^a   Huston, Gail E ^b   Wood III, William H ^a   Wersto, Robert P ^a   Becker, Kevin G ^a   Swain, Susan L ^c   Weng, Nanping ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; T cell homeostasis; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; L SELECTIN; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH17 CELL; THYMOCYTE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P27; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-17; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TH17 CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS;

EID: 80053909044     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-186924     Document Type: Article

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