Transcriptional control of natural killer cell differentiation and function

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3495-3503

  Martín Fontecha, Alfonso ^a   Lord, Graham M ^a   Brady, Hugh J M ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effector function; Migration; NK cell differentiation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTEGRIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CXCL11 CHEMOKINE; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; FINGOLIMOD; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 2; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; L SELECTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYELOID ELF1 LIKE FACTOR; PROTEIN BCL11B; PROTEIN E4BP4; STAT PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MELANOMA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84860390461     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0800-9     Document Type: Review

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