miR-9 enhances IL-2 production in activated human CD4 + T cells by repressing Blimp-1

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2100-2108

  Thiele, Stefanie ^a,b   Wittmann, Jürgen ^a   Jäck, Hans Martin ^a   Pahl, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blimp 1; IL 2; MiR 9; Post transcriptional repression; T cells

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; MICRORNA 9; PROTEIN BCL 6;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICRORNAS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84864754110     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201142203     Document Type: Article

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