Human Th1 and Th17 cells exhibit epigenetic stability at signature cytokine and transcription factor loci

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5615-5626

  Cohen, Carla J ^a,b   Crome, Sarah Q ^c   MacDonald, Kate G ^c   Dai, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Mager, Dixie L ^a,b   Levings, Megan K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IFNG GENE; IL17A GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RORA GENE; RORC GENE; TBX21 GENE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; UPREGULATION;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYTOKINES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELLS; TH17 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 82755192232     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101058     Document Type: Article

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