T-bet dependent removal of Sin3A-histone deacetylase complexes at the Ifng locus drives Th1 differentiation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 8372-8381

  Chang, Shaojing ^a   Collins, Patrick L ^a,b   Aune, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H4; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIN3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIN3A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX21; T-BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX21; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; IFNG GENE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH0 CELL; TH1 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 58849088509     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.12.8372     Document Type: Article

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