Phosphorylation of FOXP3 by LCK downregulates MMP9 expression and represses cell invasion.

Forkhead Box P3 (FOXP3) is a member of the forkhead/winged helix family of the transcription factors and plays an important role not only as a master gene in T-regulatory cells, but also as a tumor suppressor. In this study, we identified lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase (LCK), which corr...

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Main Authors: Kumiko Nakahira, Akihiro Morita, Nam-Soon Kim, Itaru Yanagihara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3796550?pdf=render