Forging T-Lymphocyte Identity: Intersecting Networks of Transcriptional Control

Advances in Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue , 2016, Pages 109-174

  Rothenberg, Ellen V ^a   Ungerbäck, Jonas ^a,b   Champhekar, Ameya ^c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

E2A; GATA 3; Gene regulation; Notch; PU.1; T cell development; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CD135 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 17 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN MYB; RAG1 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; T6 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HEB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BCL11A GENE; BCL11B GENE; CCR2 GENE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CPA3 GENE; CSF1R GENE; DTX1 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETS1 GENE; FAM20A GENE; FLT3 GENE; GATA3 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; GFRA1 GENE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IL15RB GENE; IL2 GENE; IL2RA GENE; IL7R GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIT GENE; LAIR1 GENE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MS4A4B GENE; MYB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PAX5 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTCRA GENE; RAG1 GENE; RELT GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLC35B4 GENE; SLC9A9 GENE; SPI1 GENE; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE IDENTITY; TCF7 GENE; TESPA1 GENE; TOX2 GENE; UPREGULATION; ZFPM1 GENE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PRECURSOR CELLS, T-LYMPHOID; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84951007347     PISSN: 00652776     EISSN: 15578445     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.ai.2015.09.002     Document Type: Chapter

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