Genome-scale profiling reveals a subset of genes regulated by DNA methylation that program somatic T-cell phenotypes in humans

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 388-398

  Martino, D ^a,b   Maksimovic, J ^a   Joo, J H E ^a   Prescott, S L ^b   Saffery, R ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; gene expression; immune epigenetics; reprogramming differentially methylated region; T cell development; T cell epigenetics

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIBODY; DNA;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOKINES; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHENOTYPE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84864152547     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2012.7     Document Type: Article

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