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ReviewCurrent topics in microbiology and immunology2012

The epigenetic landscape of lineage choice: lessons from the heritability of CD4 and CD8 expression.

Manolis Gialitakis, Maclean Sellars, Dan R Littman

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Review in Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Manolis GialitakisHoward Hughes Medical Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Maclean Sellars
Dan R Littman
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USNew York University · US

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developing αβ T cells choose between the helper and cytotoxic lineages, depending upon the specificity of their T cell receptors for MHC molecules. The expression of the CD4 co-receptor on helper cells and the CD8 co-receptor on cytotoxic cells is intimately linked to this decision, and their regulation at the transcriptional level has been the subject of intense study to better understand lineage choice. Indeed, as the fate of developing T cells is decided, the expression status of these genes is accordingly locked. Genetic models have revealed important transcriptional elements and the ability to manipulate these elements in the framework of development has added a new perspective on the temporal nature of their function and the epigenetic maintenance of gene expression. We examine here novel insights into epigenetic mechanisms that have arisen through the study of these genes.

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Cell LineageEpigenesis, GeneticAnimalsCD4 AntigensCD8 AntigensHumansReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesCD4 AntigensCD8 AntigensCD8 receptorReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID21989924
PMCPMC4417357
OpenAlexW429289581

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