Upstream stimulating factors regulate the expression of RORγT in human lymphocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3034-3042

  Ratajewski, Marcin ^a   Walczak Drzewiecka, Aurelia ^a   Sałkowska, Anna ^a   Dastych, Jarosław ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 1; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; MUTAGENESIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RORC GENE; TH17 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HELA CELLS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTORS;

EID: 84866152312     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200519     Document Type: Article

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