Epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of γδ T cell differentiation: Programming cells for responses in time and space

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-25

  Schmolka, Nina ^a   Wencker, Mélanie ^b,c   Hayday, Adrian C ^b,d   Silva Santos, Bruno ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Pro inflammatory cytokines; T cell development; T cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 18; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPIGENETICS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LISTERIOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOID CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84928696263     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: 10963618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2015.01.001     Document Type: Review

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