Homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2, a novel autoimmune regulator interaction partner, modulates promiscuous gene expression in medullary thymic epithelial cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 921-928

  Rattay, Kristin ^a   Claude, Janine ^a,b   Rezavandy, Esmail ^a   Matt, Sonja ^a   Hofmann, Thomas G ^a   Kyewski, Bruno ^a   Derbinski, Jens ^a,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Pharma Akademie   (Germany)

^c Cytonet GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN INTERACTING PROTEIN KINASE 2; TISSUE RESTRICTED ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; HIPK2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HIPK2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HIPK2 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDULLARY THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE ORDER; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84921446420     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1402694     Document Type: Article

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