Molecular mechanisms that control the expression and activity of Bcl-6 in T H1 cells to regulate flexibility with a T FH-like gene profile

Nature Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 405-411

  Oestreich, Kenneth J ^a   Mohn, Sarah E ^a   Weinmann, Amy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROTEIN BCL 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HELPER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-6; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH1 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84858706847     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2242     Document Type: Article

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