The regulation and roles of Rel/NF-kappa B transcription factors during lymphocyte activation

Curr Opin Immunol. 1998 Jun;10(3):353-9. doi: 10.1016/s0952-7915(98)80175-1.

Abstract

The activation of B and T cells by a wide range of stimuli can rapidly induce specific gene expression via a mechanism that promotes the nuclear translocation of different Rel/nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) transcription factors which are normally resident in the cytoplasm. Recent findings highlight the crucial roles of specific Rel/NF-kappa B family members in the processes of cell division, apoptosis and differentiation that accompany lymphocyte activation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis
  • Biological Transport
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Cell Division
  • Cell Nucleus / metabolism
  • Cytoplasm / metabolism
  • I-kappa B Kinase
  • Lymphocyte Activation / physiology*
  • Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology*
  • Lymphocyte Subsets / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Models, Genetic
  • Models, Immunological
  • NF-kappa B / genetics
  • NF-kappa B / physiology*
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / physiology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / physiology*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel

Substances

  • NF-kappa B
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Chuk protein, mouse
  • I-kappa B Kinase
  • Ikbkb protein, mouse
  • Ikbke protein, mouse