Epigenetic plasticity of Cd8a locus during CD8 + T-cell development and effector differentiation and reprogramming

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Harland, Kim L ^a   Day, E Bridie ^a   Apte, Simon H ^b   Russ, Brendan E ^a   Doherty, Peter C ^a,c   Turner, Stephen J ^a   Kelso, Anne ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENOMIC DNA; INTERLEUKIN 4;

CELL ORGANELLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHYLATION; POLARIZATION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CELL REPROGRAMMING; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EFFECTOR CELL; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; POLARIZATION; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 84897459921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4547     Document Type: Article

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