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ReviewJournal of immunology research2015

Epigenetic control of interferon-gamma expression in CD8 T cells.

Patrícia S de Araújo-Souza, Steffi C H Hanschke, João P B Viola

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Review in Journal of immunology research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patrícia S de Araújo-SouzaProgram of Cellular Biology, Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rua André Cavalcanti 37, Centro, 20231-050 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil ; Department of Immunobiology, Biology Institute, Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Outeiro São João Batista s/n, Centro, 24020-141 Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
Steffi C H HanschkeProgram of Cellular Biology, Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rua André Cavalcanti 37, Centro, 20231-050 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
João P B ViolaProgram of Cellular Biology, Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rua André Cavalcanti 37, Centro, 20231-050 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional do Câncer · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferon- (IFN-) γ is an essential cytokine for immunity against intracellular pathogens and cancer. IFN-γ expression by CD4 T lymphocytes is observed only after T helper (Th) 1 differentiation and there are several studies about the molecular mechanisms that control Ifng expression in these cells. However, naïve CD8 T lymphocytes do not produce large amounts of IFN-γ, but after TCR stimulation there is a progressive acquisition of IFN-γ expression during differentiation into cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and memory cells, which are capable of producing high levels of this cytokine. Differential gene expression can be regulated from the selective action of transcriptional factors and also from epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA CpG methylation or posttranslational histone modifications. Recently it has been recognized that epigenetic modification is an integral part of CD8 lymphocyte differentiation. This review will focus on the chromatin status of Ifng promoter in CD8 T cells and possible influences of epigenetic modifications in Ifng gene and conserved noncoding sequences (CNSs) in regulation of IFN-γ production by CD8 T lymphocytes.

Indexed as

CD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationChromatinCpG IslandsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression RegulationHumansImmunologic MemoryInterferon-gammaLymphocyte ActivationPromoter Regions, GeneticT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicChromatinInterferon-gamma

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PMID25973438
PMCPMC4418004
OpenAlexW1995593766

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