New effector functions and regulatory mechanisms of BCL6 in normal and malignant lymphocytes

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-346

  Bunting, Karen L ^a,b   Melnick, Ari M ^a,b  

^a Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ATM PROTEIN; B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; CD28 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COREPRESSOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 6; SIGNALING LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION MOLECULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SILENCING MEDIATOR OF RETINOID AND THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANGIOIMMUNOBLASTIC T CELL LYMPHOMA; B CELL LEUKEMIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARCINOGENESIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; EFFECTOR CELL; FOLLICULAR HELPER NATURAL KILLER T LYMPHOCYTE; FOLLICULAR HELPER T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-6; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84879209826     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: 18790372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2013.05.003     Document Type: Review

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