Co-Stimulation–Induced AP-1 Activity is Required for Chromatin Opening During T Cell Activation [RNA-seq]

Activation of T cells is dependent on organized and timely opening and closing of chromatin. We perform ATAC-seq (subseries 1), ChIP-seq (subseries 2), and RNA-seq (subseries 3) at 5, 24, and 60 h of T cell activation with anti-CD3 and -CD28 antibodies in human primary naïve CD4 T cells. We report that chromatin opening at early time points is established by AP-1 transcription factor and associated with transcriptional enhancer identified as risk loci for multiple immune diseases in human naïve CD4 T cells. Overall design: Transcriptome analysis during T cell activation in human primary naïve CD4 T cells.