Transcriptional regulation of T helper type 2 differentiation

Immunology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 498-505

  Lee, Gap Ryol ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cis regulatory element; Differentiation; Epigenetics; T helper type 2; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; SPACER DNA; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; HELPER CELL; HISTONE METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TH2 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CIS-REGULATORY ELEMENT; DIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENETICS; T HELPER TYPE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOKINES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84895813374     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imm.12216     Document Type: Review

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