Control of Foxp3 stability through modulation of TET activity

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 377-397

  Yue, Xiaojing ^a   Trifari, Sara ^a,e   Äijö, Tarmo ^a,b,f   Tsagaratou, Ageliki ^a   Pastor, William A ^a,g   Zepeda Martínez, Jorge A ^a,h   Lio, Chan Wang J ^a   Li, Xiang ^a,c   Huang, Yun ^a,i   Vijayanand, Pandurangan ^a   Lähdesmäki, Harri ^b   Rao, Anjana ^a,c,d  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c SANFORD CONSORTIUM FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS   (United States)

^f Simons Center for Data Analysis   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; ASCORBIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN; TEN ELEVEN TRANSLOCATION PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOSINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ONCOPROTEIN; TET2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TET3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AMPLICON; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO; EXON; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC STABILITY; GRAFT REJECTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEK293 CELL LINE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN STABILITY;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84961213356     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20151438     Document Type: Article

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