DNA methylation controls Foxp3 gene expression

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1654-1663

  Polansky, Julia K ^a   Kretschmer, Karsten ^b,c,e   Freyer, Jennifer ^a   Floess, Stefan ^a   Garbe, Annette ^b,c,f   Baron, Udo ^d   Olek, Sven ^d   Hamann, Alf ^a   von Boehmer, Harald ^b,c   Huehn, Jochen ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d EPIONTIS GMBH   (Germany)

^e CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epigenetic modification; Lineage differentiation; Regulatory T cell

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; DEC 205 VACCINE; HEMAGGLUTININ; HEMAGGLUTININ [107-119]; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; OVALBUMIN; RAG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; AZACITIDINE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVALBUMIN; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 49649107703     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838105     Document Type: Article

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