T cell factor 1 regulates thymocyte survival via a RORγt-dependent pathway

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5964-5973

  Wang, Ruiqing ^a,b   Xie, Huimin ^c   Huang, Zhaofeng ^d   Ma, Jian ^a   Fang, Xianfeng ^a   Ding, Yan ^a   Sun, Zuoming ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA T; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T CELL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; THYMOCYTES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 82755187668     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101205     Document Type: Article

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