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Category:GO:0045064 ! T-helper 2 cell differentiation
name: T-helper 2 cell differentiation
namespace: biological_process
def: "The process in which a relatively unspecialized T cell acquires specialized features of a T-helper 2 (Th2) cell. A Th2 cell is a CD4-positive, alpha-beta T cell that has the phenotype GATA-3-positive and produces interleukin-4." [CL:0000546, GOC:ebc]
comment: 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'.
synonym: "T-helper 2 cell development" RELATED [GOC:add]
is_a: GO:0042093 ! T-helper cell differentiation
relationship: part_of: GO:0042092 ! type 2 immune response
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<GOterm>GO:0045064</GOterm>
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