Epigenetic regulation of NK cell differentiation and effector functions

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue FRB, 2013, Pages

  Cichocki, Frank ^a,b   Miller, Jeffrey S ^b   Anderson, Stephen K ^c   Bryceson, Yenan T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Epigenetics; Memory; NK cell; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN 6; STAT4 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOWN REGULATION; EFFECTOR CELL; EPIGENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84883670186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00055     Document Type: Review

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