Defining CD4 T cell memory by the epigenetic landscape of CpG DNA methylation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1565-1579

  Komori, H Kiyomi ^a   Hart, Traver ^a   LaMere, Sarah A ^a   Chew, Pamela V ^a   Salomon, Daniel R ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84922567219     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401162     Document Type: Article

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