Epigenetic regulation of Th2 cytokine expression in atopic diseases

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-97

  Van Panhuys, N ^a   Le Gros, G ^a   McConnell, M J ^a  

^a MALAGHAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Asthma; IL 4; Methylation; Th2

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ACETYLATION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DAUGHTER CELL; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOKINES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 47549083473     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01068.x     Document Type: Review

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