title: Blimp-1 over Budapest.
abstract: Blimp-1 is a transcription factor that affects the expression of hundreds of genes in lymphocytes. Recent work confirmed its role in the maturation of B cells into immunoglobulin-secreting plasmablasts, as well as in the control of T cell homeostasis and tolerance. What follows is a short history of how Blimp-1 was discovered.
authors: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA. mdavis@cmgm.stanford.edu
authors: Mark M
authors: MM
authors: Davis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000074462:Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C087042:PRDM1 protein, human; D000074462:Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1