The Oct1 homolog Nubbin is a repressor of NF-κB-dependent immune gene expression that increases the tolerance to gut microbiota

BMC Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dantoft, Widad ^a   Davis, Monica M ^a   Lindvall, Jessica M ^b   Tang, Xiongzhuo ^a   Uvell, Hanna ^a,c   Junell, Anna ^a   Beskow, Anne ^a,d   Engström, Ylva ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Drosophila; Gene regulation; Host pathogen interaction; Immune signaling; Innate immunity; NF kappaB; Oct POU transcription factors; Stress response

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CECROPIN A; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NUBBIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICROBIOTA; NF-KAPPA B; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84883518342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-99     Document Type: Article

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