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Transcription profiling of various mouse tissues and cell types

ABSTRACT: RNA from various murine tissues or cell types was harvested for gene expression profiling.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Peter Wilker

PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1518 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Transcription factor Mef2c is required for B cell proliferation and survival after antigen receptor stimulation.

Wilker Peter R PR Kohyama Masako M Sandau Michelle M MM Albring Jörn C JC Nakagawa Osamu O Schwarz John J JJ Murphy Kenneth M KM

Nature immunology 20080427 6

Calcineurin is required for B cell receptor (BCR)-induced proliferation of mature B cells. Paradoxically, loss of NFAT transcription factors, themselves calcineurin targets, induces hyperactivity, which suggests that calcineurin targets other than NFAT are required for BCR-induced proliferation. Here we demonstrate a function for the calcineurin-regulated transcription factor Mef2c in B cells. BCR-induced calcium mobilization was intact after Mef2c deletion, but loss of Mef2c caused defects in B ...[more]

PMID: 18438409

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Transcription profiling of various mouse tissues and cell types

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Transcription factor Mef2c is required for B cell proliferation and survival after antigen receptor stimulation.

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