The enigma of CD4-lineage specification

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 568-574

  Xiong, Yumei ^a   Bosselut, Rémy ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+ T cells; Cell differentiation; T cells; Thymopoiesis; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; E BOX PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; THEMIS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR THPOK; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BIRD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79951797840     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201041098     Document Type: Review

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