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Regulatory T Cell-Specific Epigenomic Region Variants Are a Key Determinant of Susceptibility to Common Autoimmune Diseases.
Immunity - 16 Jun 2020
Ohkura Naganari, Yasumizu Yoshiaki, Kitagawa Yohko, Tanaka Atsushi, Nakamura Yamami, Motooka Daisuke, Nakamura Shota, Okada Yukinori, Sakaguchi Shimon
Abstract excerpt
The contribution of FOXP3-expressing naturally occurring regulatory T (Treg) cells to common polygenic autoimmune diseases remains ambiguous. Here, we characterized genome-wide epigenetic profiles (CpG methylation and histone modifications) of human Treg and conventional T (Tconv) cells in naive and activated states. We found that single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with common autoimmune diseases...
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