Th cell differentiation is accompanied by dynamic changes in histone acetylation of cytokine genes

Nature Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 643-651

  Avni, Orly ^a   Lee, Dong ^a   Macian, Fernando ^a   Szabo, Susanne J ^b   Glimcher, Laurie H ^b   Rao, Anjana ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE; INTERLEUKIN 4; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HISTONES; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; JURKAT CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036305450     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni808     Document Type: Article

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