A highly conserved NF-κB-responsive enhancer is critical for thymic expression of Aire in mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3246-3256

  Haljasorg, Uku ^a   Bichele, Rudolf ^a   Saare, Mario ^a   Guha, Mithu ^a   Maslovskaja, Julia ^a   Kõnd, Karin ^a   Remm, Anu ^a   Pihlap, Maire ^a   Tomson, Laura ^a   Kisand, Kai ^a   Laan, Martti ^a   Peterson, Pärt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Autoimmune regulator; Enhancer; NF B; Receptor activator of nuclear factor B; Thymic medulla

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CONSERVED NONCODING SEQUENCE 1 PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3BETA; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TNFRSF11A PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE ACTIVITY; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMIC MEDULLARY EPITHELIAL CELL; THYMUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NF-KAPPA B; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR-KAPPA B; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84952639529     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201545928     Document Type: Article

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