2015
DNA Methylation Regulates the Differential Expression of CX3CR1 on Human IL-7Rαlow and IL-7Rαhigh Effector Memory CD8+ T Cells with Distinct Migratory Capacities to the Fractalkine
Shin MS, You S, Kang Y, Lee N, Yoo SA, Park K, Kang KS, Kim SH, Mohanty S, Shaw AC, Montgomery RR, Hwang D, Kang I. DNA Methylation Regulates the Differential Expression of CX3CR1 on Human IL-7Rαlow and IL-7Rαhigh Effector Memory CD8+ T Cells with Distinct Migratory Capacities to the Fractalkine. The Journal Of Immunology 2015, 195: 2861-2869. PMID: 26276874, PMCID: PMC4561204, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500877.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationDifferential expressionGene expressionCellular traitsEpigenetic mechanismsGene promoterGenome-wide DNA methylationDistinct traitsDNA methylation statusIndividual gene expressionMigratory capacityAutocrine amplification loopImportant biological outcomesPotential biological implicationsMammalian cellsMethylationMethylation statusAmplification loopBiological outcomesTraitsBiological implicationsPromoterEffector memoryExpressionT cells
2007
Down-Regulation of IL-7Rα Expression in Human T Cells via DNA Methylation
Kim HR, Hwang KA, Kim KC, Kang I. Down-Regulation of IL-7Rα Expression in Human T Cells via DNA Methylation. The Journal Of Immunology 2007, 178: 5473-5479. PMID: 17442928, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.9.5473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJurkat T cellsDNA methylationGene expressionGene promoterIL-7Ralpha expressionT cellsPromoter activityImportant gene regulatory mechanismGene regulatory mechanismsGene promoter constructsHuman CD8Gene promoter activityIL-7Cell survival responseT cell developmentT cell subsetsIL-7Rα expressionRegulatory mechanismsPromoter constructsCell developmentMethylationLuciferase reporterHuman T cellsSurvival responseDown regulation