The transcription factor Twist1 limits T helper 17 and t follicular helper cell development by repressing the gene encoding the interleukin-6 receptor α chain

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 27423-27433

  Pham, Duy ^a,b   Walline, Crystal C ^b   Hollister, Kristin ^a   Dent, Alexander L ^a   Blum, Janice S ^b   Firulli, Anthony B ^a   Kaplan, Mark H ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CELL DEVELOPMENT; CRITICAL COMPONENT; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; FEED-BACK LOOP; HUMORAL IMMUNITY;

ANTIBODIES; CELLS; GENE ENCODING; MAMMALS; T-CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CYTOLOGY;

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR ALPHA; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE REPRESSION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR ALPHA GENE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; TH17 CELL;

AUTOIMMUNITY; DIFFERENTIATION; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT3; T CELL BIOLOGY; T HELPER CELL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH17 CELLS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84884549675     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.497248     Document Type: Article

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