Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are crucial regulators of cell identity. Ellmeier and colleagues show that HDAC1 and HDAC2 maintain CD4+ T cell lineage integrity by repressing Runx-CBFβ complexes in TH1 cells but not in TH2 cells.
- Nicole Boucheron
- Roland Tschismarov
- Wilfried Ellmeier