Term Name: regulatory T cell differentiation
Synonyms: regulatory T cell development, regulatory T lymphocyte differentiation, regulatory T-cell differentiation, regulatory T-lymphocyte differentiation, suppressor T cell differentiation, suppressor T lymphocyte differentiation, suppressor T-cell differentiation, suppressor T-lymphocyte differentiation
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized T cell acquires specialized features of a regulatory T cell. Regulatory T cells control or suppress immune responses through a variety of mechanisms and subsets include the CD4+CD25+ cell type as well as certain CD8+ cell types.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0045066]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: T cell differentiation
has subtype: CD4-positive, CD25-positive, alpha-beta regulatory T cell differentiation CD8-positive, alpha-beta regulatory T cell differentiation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of regulatory T cell differentiation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of regulatory T cell differentiation
regulated by: regulation of regulatory T cell differentiation