Molecular mechanisms by which T-bet regulates T-helper cell commitment

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 233-246

  Miller, Sara A ^a   Weinmann, Amy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetic; Lineage defining transcription factors; T bet; T helper cell

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN JMJD3; PROTEIN SET7 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONE DEMETHYLASES; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 77958610119     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2010.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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