Holistic Systems Biology Approaches to Molecular Mechanisms of Human Helper T Cell Differentiation to Functionally Distinct Subsets

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-180

  Chen, Z ^a   Lonnberg T ^a   Lahesmaa, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DNA; FURIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; Y BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ACETYLATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HELPER CELL; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MICROSOME; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84880652652     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sji.12071     Document Type: Review

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