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T-helper 1 cell differentiation

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The process in which a relatively unspecialized T cell acquires the specialized features of a T-helper 1 (Th1) cell. A Th1 cell is a CD4-positive, alpha-beta T cell that has the phenotype T-bet-positive and produces interferon-gamma. [ GOC:ebc http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000545 ]

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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 1 cell development

has obo namespace

biological_process

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GO:0045063