An inhibitory role for the transcription factor Stat3 in controlling IL-4 and Bcl6 expression in follicular helper T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2080-2089

  Wu, Hao ^a   Xu, Lin Lin ^a   Teuscher, Paulla ^a   Liu, Hong ^a   Kaplan, Mark H ^a   Dent, Alexander L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROTEIN BCL 6; STAT3 PROTEIN; BCL6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; HELPER CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PEYER PATCH; PROCEDURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SPLEEN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNIZATION; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVALBUMIN; PEYER'S PATCHES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SPLEEN; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84940108599     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500335     Document Type: Article

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