FOXP3 promoter demethylation reveals the committed Treg population in humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Janson, Peter C J ^a   Winerdal, Malin E ^a   Marits, Per ^a   Thörn, Magnus ^b   Ohlsson, Rolf ^c   Winqvist, Ola ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; METHYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA METHYLATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 45449095936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001612     Document Type: Article

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