Epigenetic control of the foxp3 locus in regulatory T cells

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 0169-0178

  Floess, Stefan ^a   Freyer, Jennifer ^a   Siewert, Christiane ^a   Baron, Udo ^b   Olek, Sven ^b   Polansky, Julia ^a   Schlawe, Kerstin ^a   Chang, Hyun Dong ^c   Bopp, Tobias ^d   Schmitt, Edgar ^d   Klein Hessling, Stefan ^e   Serfling, Edgar ^e   Hamann, Alf ^a   Huehn, Jochen ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b EPIONTIS GMBH   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FORKHEAD BOX P3 GENE; FOXP3+ CD25+ CD4+ T CELL; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL SEPARATION; CPG ISLAND; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL SEPARATION; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33846980131     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050038     Document Type: Article

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