NK cells gain higher IFN-γ competence during terminal differentiation

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2074-2084

  Luetke Eversloh, Merlin ^a   Cicek, Basak B ^a   Siracusa, Francesco ^a   Thom, Jenny T ^a   Hamann, Alf ^a   Frischbutter, Stefan ^a   Baumgrass, Ria ^a   Chang, Hyun Dong ^a   Thiel, Andreas ^b   Dong, Jun ^a   Romagnani, Chiara ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Chromatin remodeling; IFN ; NK cells

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN REMODELING; IFN-Γ; NK CELLS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 1; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 3; NF-KAPPA B; NK CELL LECTIN-LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY K; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 84904389864     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201344072     Document Type: Article

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