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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2009

Epigenetic control of T-helper-cell differentiation.

Christopher B Wilson, Emily Rowell, Masayuki Sekimata

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 364 papers.

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364citing papers in PubMed
26.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

364 citing papers in PubMed, 673 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christopher B WilsonDepartment of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. cbwilson@u.washington.edu
Emily Rowell
Masayuki Sekimata
Seattle University · US

Funding

MACROPHAGES AND T CELLS IN NEONATAL HOST DEFENSER01HD018184 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI WILSON, CHRISTOPHER B. · 1985 to 2008
$2.7M
TRAINING PEDIATRIC SCIENTISTS IN BASIC IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007411 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI GOVERMAN, JOAN M · 1993 to 2012
$2.6M
TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF INTERFERON-GAMMA IN T AND NK CELLSR01AI071272 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI WEINMANN, AMY SUSAN · 2006 to 2010
$1.7M
Population Genetics Analysis Program: Immunity to Vaccines/Infections-266040069N01AI040069 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI WILSON, CHRISTOPHER · 2005 to 2006
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NIAID NIH HHS N01-AI40069NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI071272NIAID NIH HHS T32-AI07411NICHD NIH HHS R01-HD18184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naive CD4(+) T cells give rise to T-helper-cell subsets with functions that are tailored to their respective roles in host defence. The specification of T-helper-cell subsets is controlled by networks of lineage-specifying transcription factors, which bind to regulatory elements in genes that encode cytokines and other transcription factors. The nuclear context in which these transcription factors act is affected by epigenetic processes, which allow programmes of gene expression to be inherited by progeny cells that at the same time retain the potential for change in response to altered environmental signals. In this Review, we describe these epigenetic processes and discuss how they collaborate to govern the fate and function of T helper cells.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticAnimalsCell LineageChromatinDNA MethylationHistonesHumansLymphopoiesisT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerTranscription, GeneticChromatinHistones

Identifiers

PMID19151746
OpenAlexW2054344840

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