T cell differentiation (GO:0030217)

The process in which a precursor cell type acquires characteristics of a more mature T-cell. A T cell is a type of lymphocyte whose definin characteristic is the expression of a T cell receptor complex. Notes: - This term was improved by GO_REF:0000022. It was moved. Note that the term 'thymocyte differentiation' was merged into this term because thymocytes are T cells, and thus the term was essentially redundant. 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'.

Specific

alpha-beta T cell differentiation (GO:0046632) cytotoxic T cell differentiation (GO:0045065) extrathymic T cell differentiation (GO:0033078) gamma-delta T cell differentiation (GO:0042492) regulatory T cell differentiation (GO:0045066) T cell differentiation in thymus (GO:0033077) T cell differentiation involved in immune response (GO:0002292)

General

T cell activation (GO:0042110) lymphocyte differentiation (GO:0030098)

References

gene ontology: GO:0030217