REGULATION OF TH2 DIFFERENTIATION AND Il4 LOCUS ACCESSIBILITY

KM Ansel, I Djuretic, B Tanasa, A Rao - Annu. Rev. Immunol., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Helper T cells coordinate immune responses through the production of cytokines. Th2 cells
express the closely linked Il4, Il13, and Il5 cytokine genes, whereas these same genes are …

An epigenetic view of helper T cell differentiation

KM Ansel, DU Lee, A Rao - Nature immunology, 2003 - nature.com
Antigen and cytokine receptor signals act in synergy to direct the differentiation of CD4+ T
cells. These signals initiate reciprocal activation and silencing of the interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and …

Long non-coding RNA ANRIL regulates inflammatory responses as a novel component of NF-κB pathway

X Zhou, X Han, A Wittfeldt, J Sun, C Liu, X Wang… - RNA biology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Antisense Noncoding RNA in the INK4 Locus (ANRIL) is the prime candidate gene at
Chr9p21, the well-defined genetic risk locus associated with multiple human diseases …

Engineering the IL‐4/IL‐13 axis for targeted immune modulation

ZJ Bernstein, A Shenoy, A Chen… - Immunological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The structurally and functionally related interleukin‐4 (IL‐4) and IL‐13 cytokines play pivotal
roles in shaping immune activity. The IL‐4/IL‐13 axis is best known for its critical role in T …

T-helper cell type-2 regulation in allergic disease

SN Georas, J Guo, U De Fanis… - European respiratory …, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Substantial experimental evidence now supports the notion that allergic diseases are
characterised by a skewing of the immune system towards a T-helper cell type-2 (Th2) …

Regulation of IL4 gene expression by T cells and therapeutic perspectives

M Li-Weber, PH Krammer - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2003 - nature.com
Abstract Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is crucial for the differentiation of naive T helper (TH) cells into
the TH2 effector cells that promote humoral (antibody) immunity and provide protection …

Expression of transcription factor Yin Yang 1 in prostate cancer

D Seligson, S Horvath… - International …, 2005 - spandidos-publications.com
Abstract The transcription repressor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) is expressed in several human cancer
cell lines and its expression correlates with resistance to immune-mediated apoptosis. This …

Regulation of IL-4 expression in immunity and diseases

IC Ho, SC Miaw - Regulation of Cytokine Gene Expression in Immunity …, 2016 - Springer
IL-4 was first identified as a T cell-derived growth factor for B cells. Studies over the past
several decades have markedly expanded our understanding of its cellular sources and …

Association of functional polymorphisms related to the transcriptional level of FOXP3 with prognosis of autoimmune thyroid diseases

N Inoue, M Watanabe, M Morita… - Clinical & …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The severity of Hashimoto's disease (HD) and intractability (or inducibility to remission) of
Graves' disease (GD) varies among patients. Forkhead box P3 (FoxP3) is a crucial …

BRD4‐PRC2 represses transcription of T‐helper 2‐specific negative regulators during T‐cell differentiation

L Zhao, Y Wang, A Jaganathan, Y Sun, N Ma… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
BRD4 is a well‐recognized transcriptional activator, but how it regulates gene transcriptional
repression in a cell type‐specific manner has remained elusive. In this study, we report that …