Transcription factor network regulating CD4 +CD8 + thymocyte survival

Critical Reviews in Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 447-458

  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

Bcl x L; c myb; HEB; Positive selection; ROR t; Survival; T cell development; TCF 1; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; E2 2 PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 3; FACTOR AF2; FAS LIGAND; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; GROUCHO PROTEIN; HEB PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 5; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN C MYB; PROTEIN E12; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 12; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOUBLE NEGATIVE THYMOCYTE; DOUBLE POSITIVE THYMOCYTE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE POSITIVE THYMOCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; TH17 CELL; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; THYMOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84863039297     PISSN: 10408401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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