Role of blimp-1 in programing th effector cells into IL-10 producers

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1807-1819

  Neumann, Christian ^a,b   Heinrich, Frederik ^a   Neumann, Katrin ^a,b   Junghans, Victoria ^a,b   Mashreghi, Mir Farzin ^a   Ahlers, Jonas ^a,b   Janke, Marko ^a   Rudolph, Christine ^a,b   Mockel Tenbrinck, Nadine ^c   Kühl, Anja A ^b   Heimesaat, Markus M ^b   Esser, Charlotte ^d   Im, Sin Hyeog ^e   Radbruch, Andreas ^a   Rutz, Sascha ^a   Scheffold, Alexander ^a,b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH PIK   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MILTENYI BIOTEC GMBH   (Germany)

^d IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE H3; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 27; MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTONE METHYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MAF; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH1 CELLS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84906534462     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20131548     Document Type: Article

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