The Transcription Factors Thpok and LRF Are Necessary and Partly Redundant for T Helper Cell Differentiation

Immunity

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 622-633

  Carpenter, Andrea C ^a   Grainger, John R ^b   Xiong, Yumei ^a   Kanno, Yuka ^c   Chu, H Hamlet ^d   Wang, Lie ^a   Naik, Shruti ^b   dos Santos, Liliane ^b   Wei, Lai ^c   Jenkins, Marc K ^d   O'Shea, John J ^c   Belkaid, Yasmine ^b   Bosselut, Rémy ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LRF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR THPOK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84867858181     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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