| abstract |
A method of identifying follicular T helper lymphocytes in a sample, comprising analyzing the methylation status of at least one CpG position in the mammalian gene region for leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), wherein said at least a CpG position is selected from CpG positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 , 21, 22 and 23 in amplicon no. 2305 according to SEQ ID NO: 1, in which a demethylation of said gene region is indicative of a follicular T helper lymphocyte, when compared to a non helper T lymphocyte. follicular. |