Phenotypic alteration of CD8+ T cells in chronic lymphocytic leukemia is associated with epigenetic reprogramming

Oncotarget

Volumn 7, Issue 26, 2016, Pages 40558-40570

  Wu, Jiazhu ^a,b,c   Xu, Xiaojing ^c   Lee, Eun Joon ^c   Shull, Austin Y ^c   Pei, Lirong ^c   Awan, Farrukh ^d   Wang, Xiaoling ^c   Choi, Jeong Hyeon ^c   Deng, Libin ^e   Xin, Hong Bo ^e   Zhong, Wenxun ^f   Liang, Jinhua ^a,b   Miao, Yi ^a,b   Wu, Yujie ^a,b   Fan, Lei ^a,b   Li, Jianyong ^a,b   Xu, Wei ^a,b   Shi, Huidong ^c  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CD8+ T cells; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; DNA methylation; PD 1

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; IL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CCR6 GENE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KLRG1 GENE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PDCD1 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL TIME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; JURKAT CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, LEUKEMIC; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; JURKAT CELLS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983003913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9941     Document Type: Article

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