Consistent with our phenotypic findings, nearly half of these genes have positive roles in NK/NKT development/function (Figure 6B), showing that HDAC7 broadly suppresses several key signaling pathways that are highly important in both NKT cells and in human autoimmune diseases that are similar to the pathology observed in HDAC7-ΔP transgenic mice. Here, HDAC7 is linked to autoimmune disease.