STAT6-dependent and -independent mechanisms in Th2 polarization

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2827-2833

  Maier, Elisabeth ^a   Duschl, Albert ^a   Horejs Hoeck, Jutta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

IL 2 STAT5 signaling; IL 4 STAT6 signaling; MTOR signaling; Notch signaling; Th2 cell polarization; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 2; NOTCH RECEPTOR; STAT5 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84868143077     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201242433     Document Type: Article

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