GATA3: A master of many trades in immune regulation

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 233-242

  Wan, Yisong Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

GATA3; Innate lymphoid cell; Natural killer cell; Natural killer T cell; T cell; Treg cell

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84901602245     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: 14714981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2014.04.002     Document Type: Review

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