CAMP responsive element modulator (CREM) α mediates chromatin remodeling of CD8 during the generation of CD3+CD4-CD8- T cells

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2361-2370

  Hedrich, Christian M ^a,b   Crispín, José C ^a   Rauen, Thomas ^a,c   Ioannidis, Christina ^a   Koga, Tomohiro ^a   Rodriguez, Noe Rodriguez ^a   Apostolidis, Sokratis A ^a   Kyttaris, Vasileios C ^a   Tsokos, George C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DISTRIBUTION; CELL EXPANSION; CHROMATIN REMODELING; DOUBLE NEGATIVES; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY;

T-CELLS;

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR ALPHA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE G9A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8A GENE; CD8B GENE; CELL EXPANSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

CD8; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN HISTONE MODIFICATION; CREMΑ; DNA METHYLATION; DOUBLE NEGATIVE T CELLS; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; SLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD8; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84893122562     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.523605     Document Type: Article

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