A validated gene regulatory network and GWAS identifies early regulators of T cell-associated diseases

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 313, 2015, Pages

  Gustafsson, Mika ^a   Gawel, Danuta R ^a   Alfredsson, Lars ^a   Baranzini, Sergio ^a   Bjorkander, Janne ^a   Blomgran, Robert ^b   Hellberg, Sandra ^b   Eklund, Daniel ^c   Ernerudh, Jan ^c   Kockum, Ingrid ^d   Konstantinell, Aelita ^d   Lahesmaa, Riita ^a   Lentini, Antonio ^a   Robert, H ^d   Liljenstrom, I ^d   Mattson, Lina ^a   Matussek, Andreas ^a   Mellergard, Johan ^a   Mendez, Melissa ^a   Olsson, Tomas ^a   Pujana, Miguel A ^a   Rasool, Omid ^b   Serra Musach, Jordi ^b   Stenmarker, Margaretha ^b   Tripathi, Subhash ^e   Viitala, Miro ^e   Wang, Hui ^e,i   Zhang, Huan ^e,h   E Nestor, Colm ^f,g   Benson, Mikael ^a   more..

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Futurum Academy of Health and Care   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^h CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAF; TRANSCRIPTOME; GATA3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MAF PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN C MYB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GATA3 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAF GENE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONCOGENE MYB; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MAF; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84947720557     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad2722     Document Type: Article

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