| id | GO:0045064 Detailed information
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| name | T-helper 2 cell differentiation
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| namespace | biological_process
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| 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]
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| 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'.
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| synonym | "T-helper 2 cell development" RELATED [GOC:add]
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| is_a | GO:0042093 ! T-helper cell differentiation
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| relationship | part_of GO:0042092 ! type 2 immune response
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