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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Hiromasa Morikawa
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-25252 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Immunity 20121101 5
The transcription factor Foxp3 is essential for the development of regulatory T (Treg) cells, yet its expression is insufficient for establishing the Treg cell lineage. Here we showed that Treg cell development was achieved by the combination of two independent processes, i.e., the expression of Foxp3 and the establishment of Treg cell-specific CpG hypomethylation pattern. Both events were induced by T cell receptor stimulation. The Treg cell-type CpG hypomethylation began in the thymus and cont ...[more]