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ReviewCancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.)

Epigenetic Regulation of Dendritic Cell Development and Function.

Yuanyuan Tian, Lijun Meng, Yi Zhang

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Review in Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 32 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.

Yuanyuan TianFrom the *Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, The Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; †Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Institutes of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; and ‡Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Lijun Meng
Yi Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Funding

Ezh2-mediated Epigenetic Effects and AlloimmunityR01HL127351 · NHLBI · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI ZHANG, YI · 2016 to 2019
$2.4M
Delta-like ligand 4+ dendritic cells and induction of alloimmunityR01CA172106 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ZHANG, YI · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA172106NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL127351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune system is characterized by the generation of structurally and functionally heterogeneous immune cells that constitute complex innate and adaptive immunity. This heterogeneity of immune cells results from changes in the expression of genes without altering DNA sequence. To achieve this heterogeneity, immune cells orchestrate the expression and functional status of transcription factor (TF) networks, which can be broadly categorized into 3 classes: pioneer TFs that facilitate initial commitment and differentiation of hematopoietic cells, subset-specific TFs that promote the generation of selected cell lineages, and immune-signaling TFs that regulate specialized function in differentiated cells. Epigenetic mechanisms are known to be critical for organizing the TF networks, thereby controlling immune cell lineage-fate decisions, plasticity, and function. The effects of epigenetic regulators can be heritable during cell mitosis, primarily through the modification of DNA and histone methylation patterns at gene loci. By doing so, the immune system is enabled to mount a selective but robust response to stimuli, such as pathogens, tumor cells, autoantigens, or allogeneic antigens in the setting of transplantation, while preserving the immune cell reservoir necessary for protecting the host against numerous other unexpected stimuli and limit detrimental effect of systemic inflammatory reactions.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticCell DifferentiationCell LineageDendritic CellsGene Expression RegulationHumansSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID28926431
PMCPMC6252173
OpenAlexW2754814147

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