Regulatory T Cell-Specific Epigenomic Region Variants Are a Key Determinant of Susceptibility to Common Autoimmune Diseases
Ohkura N, Yasumizu Y, Kitagawa Y, Tanaka A, Nakamura Y, Motooka D, Nakamura S, Okada Y, Sakaguchi S. Regulatory T Cell-Specific Epigenomic Region Variants Are a Key Determinant of Susceptibility to Common Autoimmune Diseases. Immunity 2020, 52: 1119-1132.e4. PMID: 32362325, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.04.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutoimmune DiseasesBiomarkersCell DifferentiationComputational BiologyCpG IslandsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsGene Expression ProfilingGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationHumansImmunophenotypingPolymorphism, Single NucleotideT-Lymphocyte SubsetsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTranscriptomeConceptsCommon autoimmune diseasesSingle-nucleotide polymorphismsSusceptibility to common autoimmune diseasesCell-specific gene transcriptionGenome-wide epigenetic profilingAssociated with common autoimmune diseasesAssociated with transcriptionPolygenic autoimmune diseasesTreg cellsDemethylated regionCpG hypomethylationSuper-enhancersAutoimmune diseasesDeterminants of susceptibilityEpigenetic modificationsEpigenetic profilesGene transcriptionEpigenetic changesTreg-cell-specific demethylated regionNaive Treg cellsNatural Treg cellsRegional variantsTranscriptionActive stateCells