Epigenetic control of thymic Treg-cell development

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-16

  Kitagawa, Yohko ^a   Ohkura, Naganari ^a,b   Sakaguchi, Shimon ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Foxp3; Regulatory T cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; STABLE EXPRESSION; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84920964462     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201444577     Document Type: Review

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