Comment on "epigenetic reduction in invariant NKT cells following In utero vitamin D deficiency in mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3803-3804

  Disanto, Giulio ^a,b   Handel, Adam E ^a,b   Morahan, Julia M ^a,b   Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INVARIANT NATURAL KILLER T CELL; LETTER; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D DEPENDENT RICKETS 1; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79955023847     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1190005     Document Type: Letter

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