title: Decision making during the  conception and career of CD4+ T cells.
abstract: The mechanisms by which thymocytes commit to becoming CD4+ T cells and how these cells subsequently can adopt various cell fates are becoming important paradigms of developmental programming. Understanding how such CD4+ T-cell diversity accommodates both immune reaction against various challenges and the suppression of undesirable responses is also revealing new therapeutic options.
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Reiner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division; D019070:Cell Lineage / Q000276:immunology; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D006801:Humans; D038041:Lymphopoiesis; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology*