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T-helper 2 cell differentiation

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The process in which a relatively unspecialized T cell acquires specialized features of a T-helper 2 (Th2) cell. A Th2 cell is a CD4-positive, alpha-beta T cell that has the phenotype GATA-3-positive and produces interleukin-4. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000546 GOC:ebc ]

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Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.

has related synonym

T-helper 2 cell development

has obo namespace

biological_process

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GO:0045064