Epigenetic analysis of regulatory T cells using multiplex bisulfite sequencing

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3200-3203

  Rainbow, Daniel B ^a,e   Yang, Xin ^a,e   Burren, Oliver ^a   Pekalski, Marcin L ^a   Smyth, Deborah J ^a   Klarqvist, Marcus D R ^a   Penkett, Christopher J ^b   Brugger, Kim ^c   Martin, Howard ^c   Todd, John A ^a   Wallace, Chris ^a,d   Wicker, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Bisulfite sequencing; FOXP3; Methylation; Next generation sequencing; Regulatory T cell

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DEMETHYLATION; DONOR; EFFECTOR CELL; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MULTIPLEX BISULFITE SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREG SPECIFIC DEMETHYLATED REGION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MALE; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFITES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84951566738     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201545646     Document Type: Article

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