La ablación específica de Stat3beta distorsiona el patrón de expresión génica sensible a Stat3 y dificulta la

Joo-Yeon Yoo1, David L Huso, Daniel Nathans

  • 1Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Cell
|February 21, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

Stat3beta, una proteína isoforma, es crucial para el control de la inflamación sistémica. Los ratones que carecían de Stat3beta mostraron una disminución de la recuperación del shock endotóxico, destacando su papel en la respuesta inmune.

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