A novel mechanism for ERK-dependent regulation of IL4 transcription during human Th2-cell differentiation

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 676-687

  Tripathi, Parul ^a   Sahoo, Naresh ^a   Ullah, Ubaid ^a   Kallionpää, Henna ^b   Suneja, Amita ^c   Lahesmaa, Riitta ^b   Rao, Kanury V S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

IL 4 transcription; MAP kinase; Th 2 differentiation

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84864829727     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2011.87     Document Type: Article

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