Permission to proceed: Jak3 and STAT5 signaling molecules give the green light for T helper 1 cell differentiation.
In this issue of Immunity, Shi et al. (2008) identify a previously unknown requirement in T helper cell differentiation, showing that Jak3 and STAT5 are needed to generate chromatin that is permissive to the activating effects of T-bet.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. kmurphy@wustl.edu
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