Batf is important for IL-4 expression in T follicular helper cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sahoo, Anupama ^a   Alekseev, Andrei ^a   Tanaka, Kentaro ^a,b   Obertas, Lidiya ^a   Lerman, Beatrisa ^a   Haymaker, Cara ^a   Clise Dwyer, Karen ^a   McMurray, John S ^a   Nurieva, Roza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATF; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 4; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BATF PROTEIN, MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OVALBUMIN;

ALLERGY; CELL ORGANELLE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELPER CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELL; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVALBUMIN; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84939515771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8997     Document Type: Article

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