Aberrant expression of IFN-γ in Th2 cells from Th2 LCR-deficient mice

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 424, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 512-518

  Hwang, Soo Seok ^a   Kim, Kiwan ^a   Lee, Wonyong ^a   Lee, Gap Ryol ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; GATA 3; Gene expression; IFN ; STAT6; Th2 differentiation; Th2 LCR

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; TH0 CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH2 CELLS;

MUS;

EID: 84864755227     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.06.146     Document Type: Article

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