ZEB1, ZEB2, and the miR-200 family form a counterregulatory network to regulate CD8+ T cell fates

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1153-1168

  Guan, Tianxia ^a   Dominguez, Claudia X ^a,c   Amezquita, Robert A ^a   Laidlaw, Brian J ^a,d   Cheng, Jijun ^a   Henao Mejia, Jorge ^a,e   Williams, Adam ^a,f   Flavell, Richard A ^a,b   Lu, Jun ^a   Kaech, Susan M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA 200; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZINC FINGER E BOX BINDING HOMEOBOX 2; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MIRN200 MICRORNA, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE REPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZINC FINGER E-BOX BINDING HOMEOBOX 2; ZINC FINGER E-BOX-BINDING HOMEOBOX 1;

EID: 85044841872     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20171352     Document Type: Article

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