BATF modulates the Th2 locus control region and regulates CD4+ T cell fate during antihelminth immunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 4371-4381

  Bao, Katherine ^a   Carr, Tiffany ^a   Wu, Jianxuan ^a   Barclay, William ^a   Jin, Jingxiao ^a   Ciofani, Maria ^a   Lee Reinhardt, R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CELL PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; RAD50 PROTEIN; RHS6 PROTEIN; RHS7 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BATF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABC TRANSPORTER; BATF PROTEIN, MOUSE; RAD50 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TH9 CELL; TYPE 2 IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; REGULATOR GENE; STRONGYLE INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84996587344     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601371     Document Type: Article

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