A distinct region of the murine IFN-γ promoter is hypomethylated from early T cell development through mature naive and Th1 cell differentiation, but is hypermethylated in Th2 cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7377-7384

  Winders, Benjamin R ^a   Schwartz, Ronald H ^a   Bruniquel, Denis ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 10344237554     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.12.7377     Document Type: Article

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