MicroRNA-146a controls Th1-cell differentiation of human CD4+ T lymphocytes by targeting PRKCε

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 260-272

  Möhnle, Patrick ^a   Schütz, Stefanie V ^a   van der Heide, Verena ^a   Hübner, Max ^a   Luchting, Benjamin ^a   Sedlbauer, Julia ^a   Limbeck, Elisabeth ^a   Hinske, Ludwig C ^a   Briegel, Josef ^a   Kreth, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD4+ T cells; Cell differentiation; Gene regulation; Inflammation; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; MICRORNA 146A; PROTEIN KINASE C EPSILON; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; MICRORNA; MIRN146 MICRORNA, HUMAN; STAT4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEPSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; UPREGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROTEIN KINASE C-EPSILON; SEPSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 84920989824     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201444667     Document Type: Article

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