Expression profile of peripheral tissue antigen genes in medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) is dependent on mRNA levels of autoimmune regulator (Aire)

Immunobiology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-104

  Oliveira, Ernna H ^a   Macedo, Claudia ^a   Donate, Paula B ^a   Almeida, Renata S ^a   Pezzi, Nicole ^a   Nguyen, Catherine ^b   Rossi, Marcos A ^a   Sakamoto Hojo, Elza T ^a   Donadi, Eduardo A ^a   Passos, Geraldo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmune regulator (Aire) gene; Autoimmunity; In vivo electroporation; Knockdown; Medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs); SiRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR GENE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; COL2A1 GENE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP1A2 GENE; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOLOGY; IGF2 GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INS1 GENE; INS2 GENE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDULLARY THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; MOUSE; MUP1 GENE; MUP3 GENE; MUP4 GENE; NGP GENE; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL TISSUE ANTIGEN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPT1 GENE; THYMUS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COLLAGEN TYPE II; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A2; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INSULIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED NOD; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84870292130     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: 18783279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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