IRF4 regulates the ratio of T-Bet to eomesodermin in CD8+ T cells responding to persistent LCMV infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Nayar, Ribhu ^a   Schutten, Elizabeth ^a   Jangalwe, Sonal ^a   Durost, Philip A ^a   Kenney, Laurie L ^a   Conley, James M ^a   Daniels, Keith ^a   Brehm, Michael A ^a   Welsh, Raymond M ^a   Berg, Leslie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; EOMES PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-4; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX21;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARENAVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T CELL EXHAUSTION; VIRAL CLEARANCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAMSTER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 84957991602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144826     Document Type: Article

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