Critical role of the Polycomb and Trithorax complexes in the maintenance of CD4 T cell memory

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-83

  Nakayama, Toshinori ^a   Yamashita, Masakatsu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polycomb; Th memory; Transcriptional memory; Trithorax

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GENE PRODUCT; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN 1; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; TRITHORAX GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYCOMB GROUP GENE; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRITHORAX GROUP GENE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 62049085937     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2009.02.001     Document Type: Review

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