Smad2/3 and IRF4 play a cooperative role in IL-9-producing T cell induction

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2360-2371

  Tamiya, Taiga ^a   Ichiyama, Kenji ^a   Kotani, Hitoshi ^a   Fukaya, Tomohiro ^a   Sekiya, Takashi ^a   Shichita, Takashi ^a   Honma, Kiri ^b   Yui, Katsuyuki ^b   Matsuyama, Toshifumi ^b   Nakao, Takako ^c   Fukuyama, Satoru ^c   Inoue, Hiromasa ^d   Nomura, Masatoshi ^c   Yoshimura, Akihiko ^a,e  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 9; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE ACTIVATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-9; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84883404826     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301276     Document Type: Article

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