Epigenetic and transcriptional programs lead to default IFN-γ production by γδ T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2730-2736

  Chen, Liang ^a,c   He, Weifeng ^a,d   Kim, Sean T ^a   Tao, Jian ^a   Gao, Yunfei ^a,e   Chi, Hongbo ^a   Intlekofer, Andrew M ^b   Harvey, Bohdan ^a   Reiner, Steven L ^b   Yin, Zhinan ^a   Flavell, Richard A ^a   Craft, Joe ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRON; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

EID: 33847397305     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.5.2730     Document Type: Article

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