Developmentally regulated expression of MEF2C limits the response to BCR engagement in transitional B cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1327-1336

  Andrews, Sarah F ^a   Dai, Xuezhi ^a   Ryu, Byoung Y ^a   Gulick, Tod ^b   Ramachandran, Bindu ^b   Rawlings, David J ^a,c  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell proliferation; B cell survival; Tolerance; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; BIM PROTEIN; CALCINEURIN; CYCLIN D2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; PROTEIN BCL XL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84860323993     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201142226     Document Type: Article

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