The 3' Enhancer CNS2 Is a Critical Regulator of Interleukin-4-Mediated Humoral Immunity in Follicular Helper T Cells

Immunity

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-200

  Harada, Yohsuke ^a   Tanaka, Shinya ^b   Motomura, Yasutaka ^a,c   Harada, Yasuyo ^a   Ohno, Shin Ichiro ^c   Ohno, Shinji ^d   Yanagi, Yusuke ^d   Inoue, Hiromasa ^e   Kubo, Masato ^a,c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROTEIN BCL 6;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSERVED NONCODING SEQUENCE 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CYTOKINES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84857398262     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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