Long-range transcriptional regulation of cytokine gene expression.
Most studies on the control of cytokine gene expression have involved the functional analysis of proximal promoters. Recent work has identified distal elements that mediate long-range cytokine gene regulation and has implicated chromatin reorganization in regulation of cytokine gene loci. These studies have begun to elucidate the basis for cell-specificity and high-level expression of cytokine genes.
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Center for Blood Research, Boston, MA 02115, USA. agarwal@cbr.med.harvard.edu
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D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D005796:Genes; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D007378:Interleukins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D018448:Models, Immunological; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*
D016207:Cytokines; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D007378:Interleukins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D014157:Transcription Factors; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor