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ArticleNature communications2012

T-bet and GATA3 orchestrate Th1 and Th2 differentiation through lineage-specific targeting of distal regulatory elements.

Aditi Kanhere, Arnulf Hertweck, Urvashi Bhatia, M Refik Gökmen, Esperanza Perucha, Ian Jackson, Graham M Lord, Richard G Jenner

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Article in Nature communications, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 193 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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193 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 341 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Aditi KanhereDivision of Infection and Immunity and UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Arnulf Hertweck
Urvashi Bhatia
M Refik Gökmen
Esperanza Perucha
Ian Jackson
Graham M Lord
Richard G Jenner
King's College London · GBCRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence · GBSt Thomas' Hospital · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Department of HealthMedical Research Council G0802068Medical Research Council G0900950Medical Research Council MR/J006742/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 091009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-bet and GATA3 regulate the CD4+ T cell Th1/Th2 cell fate decision but little is known about the interplay between these factors outside of the murine Ifng and Il4/Il5/Il13 loci. Here we show that T-bet and GATA3 bind to multiple distal sites at immune regulatory genes in human effector T cells. These sites display markers of functional elements, act as enhancers in reporter assays and are associated with a requirement for T-bet and GATA3. Furthermore, we demonstrate that both factors bind distal sites at Tbx21 and that T-bet directly activates its own expression. We also show that in Th1 cells, GATA3 is distributed away from Th2 genes, instead occupying T-bet binding sites at Th1 genes, and that T-bet is sufficient to induce GATA3 binding at these sites. We propose these aspects of T-bet and GATA3 function are important for Th1/Th2 differentiation and for understanding transcription factor interactions in other T cell lineage decisions.

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AnimalsBinding SitesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationGATA3 Transcription FactorGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB COligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidT-bet Transcription FactorT-Box Domain ProteinsTh1 CellsTh2 CellsGATA3 Transcription FactorT-bet Transcription FactorT-Box Domain Proteins

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PMID23232398
PMCPMC3535338
OpenAlexW2015280752

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