0 9 Induction Induction NNP 10 12 of of IN 13 18 CIITA CIITA NNP 19 22 and and CC 23 35 modification modification NN 36 38 of of IN 39 41 in in FW 42 46 vivo vivo FW 47 53 HLA-DR HLA-DR NNP 54 62 promoter promoter NN 63 72 occupancy occupancy NN 73 75 in in IN 76 82 normal normal JJ 83 89 thymic thymic JJ 90 100 epithelial epithelial JJ 101 106 cells cell NNS 107 114 treated treat VBN 115 119 with with IN 120 129 IFN-gamma IFN-gamma NNP 129 130 : : : 131 143 similarities similarity NNS 144 147 and and CC 148 160 distinctions distinction NNS 161 165 with with IN 166 173 respect respect NN 174 176 to to TO 177 196 HLA-DR-constitutive hla-dr-constitutive JJ 197 198 B B NNP 199 204 cells cell NNS 204 205 . . . 207 209 In in IN 210 214 this this DT 215 220 study study NN 220 221 , , , 222 225 the the DT 226 235 IFN-gamma IFN-gamma NNP 236 245 induction induction NN 246 248 of of IN 249 252 MHC MHC NNP 253 258 class class NN 259 261 II ii CD 262 266 gene gene NN 267 277 expression expression NN 278 280 in in IN 281 288 primary primary JJ 289 297 cultures culture NNS 298 300 of of IN 301 307 thymic thymic JJ 308 318 epithelial epithelial JJ 319 324 cells cell NNS 325 326 ( ( ( 326 329 TEC TEC NNP 329 330 ) ) ) 331 334 was be VBD 335 343 analyzed analyze VBN 343 344 . . . 345 349 This this DT 350 358 cellular cellular JJ 359 365 system system NN 366 372 offers offer VBZ 373 376 the the DT 377 386 advantage advantage NN 387 391 that that IN 392 395 MHC MHC NNP 396 401 class class NN 402 404 II ii CD 405 414 induction induction NN 415 417 is be VBZ 418 425 studied study VBN 426 428 in in IN 429 430 a a DT 431 432 “ `` `` 432 443 physiologic physiologic JJ 443 444 ” '' '' 445 449 cell cell NN 450 457 lineage lineage NN 458 462 that that IN 462 463 , , , 464 466 as as IN 467 468 a a DT 469 475 result result NN 476 478 of of IN 479 483 this this DT 484 494 expression expression NN 495 501 within within IN 502 505 the the DT 506 512 thymus thymus NN 512 513 , , , 514 516 is be VBZ 517 524 thought think VBN 525 527 to to TO 528 539 participate participate VB 540 542 to to TO 543 546 the the DT 547 556 selection selection NN 557 560 and and CC 561 571 maturation maturation NN 572 574 of of IN 575 578 the the DT 579 580 T t NN 581 586 cells cell NNS 586 587 . . . 588 590 It it PRP 591 594 was be VBD 595 600 found find VBN 601 605 that that IN 606 609 the the DT 610 613 MHC MHC NNP 614 619 class class NN 620 622 II ii CD 623 627 gene gene NN 628 638 expression expression NN 639 642 was be VBD 643 653 associated associate VBN 654 658 with with IN 659 662 the the DT 663 665 de de FW 666 670 novo novo FW 671 684 transcription transcription NN 685 687 of of IN 688 691 the the DT 692 696 gene gene NN 697 705 encoding encode VBG 706 709 the the DT 710 715 CIITA CIITA NNP 716 731 trans-activator trans-activator NN 731 732 , , , 733 734 a a DT 735 742 crucial crucial JJ 743 746 MHC MHC NNP 747 752 class class NN 753 755 II ii CD 756 760 gene gene NN 761 771 regulatory regulatory JJ 772 778 factor factor NN 778 779 . . . 780 791 Furthermore furthermore RB 791 792 , , , 793 796 the the DT 797 804 anatomy anatomy NN 805 807 of of IN 808 819 interaction interaction NN 820 827 between between IN 828 831 the the DT 832 835 MHC MHC NNP 836 841 class class NN 842 844 II ii CD 845 848 DRA DRA NNP 849 857 promoter promoter NN 858 861 and and CC 862 875 corresponding corresponding JJ 876 883 binding binding NN 884 891 factors factor NNS 892 895 was be VBD 896 904 analyzed analyze VBN 905 907 by by IN 908 910 in in FW 911 915 vivo vivo FW 916 921 DNAse DNAse NNP 922 923 I i NN 924 933 footprint footprint NN 933 934 . . . 935 937 It it PRP 938 941 was be VBD 942 947 found find VBN 948 952 that that IN 953 962 treatment treatment NN 963 967 with with IN 968 977 IFN-gamma IFN-gamma NNP 978 985 induces induce VBZ 986 993 changes change NNS 994 996 in in IN 997 1000 the the DT 1001 1010 occupancy occupancy NN 1011 1013 of of IN 1014 1017 the the DT 1018 1021 DRA DRA NNP 1022 1026 gene gene NN 1027 1037 regulatory regulatory JJ 1038 1047 sequences sequence NNS 1048 1050 by by IN 1051 1058 nuclear nuclear JJ 1059 1066 factors factor NNS 1066 1067 . . . 1068 1071 The the DT 1072 1081 resulting result VBG 1082 1091 occupancy occupancy NN 1092 1100 displays display VBZ 1101 1107 strong strong JJ 1108 1120 similarities similarity NNS 1121 1125 with with IN 1126 1129 the the DT 1130 1133 one one CD 1134 1142 observed observe VBN 1143 1145 in in IN 1146 1149 the the DT 1150 1153 MHC MHC NNP 1154 1159 class class NN 1160 1175 II-constitutive ii-constitutive JJ 1176 1177 B B NNP 1178 1183 cells cell NNS 1183 1184 , , , 1185 1196 represented represent VBN 1197 1199 by by IN 1200 1204 both both CC 1205 1208 the the DT 1209 1216 Burkitt Burkitt NNP 1217 1225 lymphoma lymphoma NN 1226 1230 line line NN 1231 1235 Raji Raji NNP 1236 1239 and and CC 1240 1246 normal normal JJ 1247 1254 tonsil- tonsil- NN 1255 1262 derived derive VBN 1263 1264 B B NNP 1265 1270 cells cell NNS 1270 1271 . . . 1272 1279 However however RB 1279 1280 , , , 1281 1285 some some DT 1286 1294 peculiar peculiar JJ 1295 1306 differences difference NNS 1307 1311 were be VBD 1312 1320 observed observe VBN 1321 1328 between between IN 1329 1332 the the DT 1333 1336 TEC TEC NNP 1336 1337 , , , 1338 1344 either either CC 1345 1362 IFN-gamma-induced ifn-gamma-induced JJ 1363 1365 or or CC 1366 1369 not not RB 1369 1370 , , , 1371 1374 and and CC 1375 1378 the the DT 1379 1391 constitutive constitutive JJ 1392 1393 B B NNP 1394 1399 cells cell NNS 1399 1400 . . . 1401 1406 These these DT 1407 1414 results result NNS 1415 1422 suggest suggest VBP 1423 1427 that that IN 1428 1432 both both CC 1433 1439 common common JJ 1440 1450 mechanisms mechanism NNS 1450 1451 , , , 1452 1456 such such JJ 1457 1459 as as IN 1460 1463 the the DT 1464 1467 one one CD 1468 1476 mediated mediate VBN 1477 1479 by by IN 1480 1483 the the DT 1484 1489 CIITA CIITA NNP 1490 1505 trans-activator trans-activator NN 1505 1506 , , , 1507 1510 and and CC 1511 1519 distinct distinct JJ 1520 1535 tissue-specific tissue-specific JJ 1536 1547 constraints constraint NNS 1548 1558 contribute contribute VBP 1559 1561 to to TO 1562 1565 the the DT 1566 1581 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 1582 1589 control control NN 1590 1592 of of IN 1593 1605 constitutive constitutive JJ 1606 1609 and and CC 1610 1627 IFN-gamma-induced ifn-gamma-induced JJ 1628 1631 MHC MHC NNP 1632 1637 class class NN 1638 1640 II ii CD 1641 1645 gene gene NN 1646 1656 expression expression NN 1656 1657 . . .