'All things considered': Transcriptional regulation of T helper type 2 cell differentiation from precursor to effector activation

Immunology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-38

  Zeng, Wei Ping ^a,b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4 Helper T cells; Cytokines; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; JAGGED1; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN JAGGED 2; STAT6 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CHROMATIN; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA METHYLATION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CD4/HELPER T CELLS; CYTOKINES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOKINES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84883253431     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imm.12121     Document Type: Review

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