Epigenomics of T cell activation, differentiation, and memory

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-347

  Cuddapah, Suresh ^a   Barski, Artem ^a   Zhao, Keji ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77953540361     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2010.02.007     Document Type: Review

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