Generating long-lived CD8+ T-cell memory: Insights from epigenetic programs

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1548-1562

  Dogra, Pranay ^a   Ghoneim, Hazem E ^a,b   Abdelsamed, Hossam A ^a   Youngblood, Ben ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CD8+ T cell; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone modification; Memory; T cell exhaustion

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PLASTICITY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84978218294     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201545550     Document Type: Article

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