Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis identifies hypomethylated genes regulated by FOXP3 in human regulatory T cells

Blood

Volumn 122, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2823-2836

  Zhang, Yuxia ^a,b   Maksimovic, Jovana ^c   Naselli, Gaetano ^a   Qian, Junyan ^d   Chopin, Michael ^a,b   Blewitt, Marnie E ^a,b   Oshlack, Alicia ^c   Harrison, Leonard C ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNORECEPTOR TYROSINE BASED INHIBITION MOTIF; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 84888266953     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2013-02-481788     Document Type: Article

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