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Positive Regulatory Domain I (PRDM1) and IRF8/PU.1 Counter-regulate MHC Class II Transactivator (CIITA) Expression during Dendritic Cell Maturation by Smith, Matthew A., Wright, Gabriela, Wu, Jian, Tailor, Prafullakumar, Ozato, Keiko, Chen, Xianghong, Wei, Sheng, Piskurich, Janet F., Ting, Jenny P.-Y., Wright, Kenneth L.

“…Dendritic cells (DCs) are key mediators of immune function through robust and tightly regulated presentation of antigen in the context of the MHC Class II. MHC…”
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Innate and Adaptive Immune Response to a Virus: An Integrated Learning Module by Dudrey, Ellen F, Manglik, Niti, Velasco, Veronica Y, Baatar, Dolgor, Piskurich, Janet F

“…Medical schools must expand their teaching strategies to address a new generation of medical students and ensure their growth into lifelong, self-directed…”
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BLIMP-1 mediates extinction of major histocompatibility class II transactivator expression in plasma cells by Ting, Jenny P. -Y, Piskurich, Janet F, Lin, Kuo -I, Lin, Yi, Wang, Ying, Calame, Kathryn

“…Class II transactivator (CIITA), a coactivator required for class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) transcription, is expressed in B cells but…”
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Immune Response to Bacteria: An Integrated Learning Module to Enhance Preclinical Students' Competency in Immunology by Manglik, Niti, Dudrey, Ellen F, Baatar, Dolgor, Piskurich, Janet F

“…Medical students express frustration that they cannot assemble a comprehensive big picture of how the immune system responds to a microbe and that integration…”
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Immune Response in Allergic Contact Dermatitis: An Integrated Learning Module by Velasco, Veronica Y, Dudrey, Ellen F, Manglik, Niti, Piskurich, Janet F, Baatar, Dolgor

“…Medical students are introduced to skin rashes during their preclinical years and often express difficulty in differentiating the underlying mechanisms. The…”
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Class II Transactivator (CIITA) Promoter Methylation Does Not Correlate with Silencing of CIITA Transcription in Trophoblasts by HOLTZ, Renae, CHOI, Jason C, PETROFF, Margaret G, PISKURICH, Janet F, MURPHY, Shawn P

“…Trophoblast cells are unique because they do not express major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigens, either constitutively or after exposure to…”
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Cutting Edge: Coordinate Regulation of IFN Regulatory Factor-1 and the Polymeric Ig Receptor by Proinflammatory Cytokines by Blanch, Vincent J, Piskurich, Janet F, Kaetzel, Charlotte S

“…The polymeric IgR (pIgR) mediates transcytosis of IgA across epithelial barriers of mucous membranes and exocrine glands. Synthesis of pIgR is up-regulated by…”
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Immune Response to an Intracellular Microbe (Virus) by Piskurich, Janet F., Salazar, Tammy

“…Abstract Introduction Immunology can be a difficult discipline for first- and second-year medical students. Many, learning the various parts of the immune…”
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Two Distinct Gamma Interferon-Inducible Promoters of the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Transactivator Gene Are Differentially Regulated by STAT1, Interferon Regulatory Factor 1, and Transforming Growth Factor β by Piskurich, Janet F., Linhoff, Michael W., Wang, Ying, Ting, Jenny P.-Y.

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Positive regulatory domain I-binding factor 1 mediates repression of the MHC class II transactivator (CIITA) type IV promoter by Chen, Han, Gilbert, Carolyn A., Hudson, John A., Bolick, Sophia C., Wright, Kenneth L., Piskurich, Janet F.

“…MHC class II transactivator (CIITA), a co-activator that controls MHC class II (MHC II) transcription, functions as the master regulator of MHC II expression…”
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MHC class II transactivator (CIITA) expression is upregulated in multiple myeloma cells by IFN-γ by Zhao, Mojun, Flynt, Frederick L., Hong, Mei, Chen, Han, Gilbert, Carolyn A., Briley, Nicole T., Bolick, Sophia C., Wright, Kenneth L., Piskurich, Janet F.

“…The MHC class II transactivator (CIITA) acts in the cell nucleus as the master regulator of MHC class II (MHC II) gene expression. It is important to study…”
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The Role of the MHC Class II Transactivator in Class II Expression and Antigen Presentation by Astrocytes and in Susceptibility to Central Nervous System Autoimmune Disease by Stuve, Olaf, Youssef, Sawsan, Slavin, Anthony J, King, Chelsea L, Patarroyo, Juan Carlos, Hirschberg, David L, Brickey, W. June, Soos, Jeanne M, Piskurich, Janet F, Chapman, Harold A, Zamvil, Scott S

“…The role of the MHC class II transactivator (CIITA) in Ag presentation by astrocytes and susceptibility to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) was…”
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Expression of the MHC class II transactivator (CIITA) type IV promoter in B lymphocytes and regulation by IFN-γ by Piskurich, Janet F., Gilbert, Carolyn A., Ashley, Brittany D., Zhao, Mojun, Chen, Han, Wu, Jian, Bolick, Sophia C., Wright, Kenneth L.

“…The MHC class II transactivator (CIITA), the master regulator of MHC class II (MHC II) expression, is a co-activator that controls MHC II transcription. Human…”
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Regulation and Specificity of MHC2TA Promoter Usage in Human Primary T Lymphocytes and Cell Line by Wong, Athena W, Ghosh, Nilanjan, McKinnon, Karen P, Reed, William, Piskurich, Janet F, Wright, Kenneth L, Ting, Jenny P.-Y

“…Although activated human T cells express MHC class II antigens, the regulation of these antigens in T cells is poorly understood. This study focuses on the…”
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A Novel Element and a TEF-2-like Element Activate the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Transactivator in B-lymphocytes by Ghosh, Nilanjan, Piskurich, Janet F., Wright, Gabriëla, Hassani, Kevin, Ting, Jenny P.-Y., Wright, Kenneth L.

“…Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules play a central role in immune responses, and transcription of this family of genes requires the MHC…”
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Differential selectivity of CIITA promoter activation by IFN-γ and IRF-1 in astrocytes and macrophages: CIITA promoter activation is not affected by TNF-α by Nikcevich, Kelly M, Piskurich, Janet F, Hellendall, Ronald P, Wang, Ying, Ting, Jenny P.-Y

“…During demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS), locally elevated cytokine levels may induce upregulation of MHC class II molecules on…”
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Class II Transactivator (CIITA) Promoter Methylation Does Not Correlate with Silencing of CIITA Transcription in Trophoblasts1 by Holtz, Renae, Choi, Jason C, Petroff, Margaret G, Piskurich, Janet F, Murphy, Shawn P

“…Trophoblast cells are unique because they do not express major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigens, either constitutively or after exposure to…”
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Prolonged survival of class II transactivator-deficient cardiac allografts by BRICKEY, W. June, FELIX, Nathan J, GRIFFITHS, Robert, JINGHUA ZHANG, BO WANG, PISKURICH, Janet F, ITCH-LINDSTROM, Yoshie, COFFMAN, Thomas M, TING, Jenny P.-Y

“…Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigenic complexes trigger allogeneic T-cell responses and allograft rejection. MHC class II and related antigen…”
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Integrating Immunology into a Clinical Presentation-Based Medical School Curriculum (37.4) by Piskurich, Janet F

“…Immunology can be a difficult discipline for first and second year medical students. As a teacher or learning facilitator it is sometimes hard to decide where…”
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B Lymphocyte-Induced Maturation Protein-1/Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1 regulates two amino peptidases associated with antigen processing (78.9) by Piskurich, Janet F, Mayorov, Vladimir I

“…A diverse repertoire of specifically-trimmed peptides is presented by the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I (MHCI) pathway of antigen presentation for…”
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