An epigenetic view of helper T cell differentiation

Nature Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 616-623

  Ansel, K Mark ^a   Lee, Dong U ^a   Rao, Anjana ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0038638583     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni0703-616     Document Type: Review

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