Table 3 List of genes known to be crucial for CD4+ T cell differentiation into effector T cell subsets during TB infection closest genes to significantly differentially methylated sites/regions.

From: The CD4+ T cell methylome contributes to a distinct CD4+ T cell transcriptional signature in Mycobacterium bovis-infected cattle

Gene ID

Analysis Type

Percentage change in BTB infected cattle

Associated Th subset

NFATC1

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−32.5

Th2

ASB

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−28.4

Th2

GATA3

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−41.9

Th2

IRF4

Individual CpG site

31.9

Th2/Treg

RORC

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29.7

Th17

HOXA10

Promoter region

−39.3

Treg

LRRC32

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40.4

Treg

ZBTB7B/ThPOK

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34.5

Promotes CD4+ differentiation

RUNX3

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−40.9

Inhibits CD4+ differentiation, promotes Tregs