Germinal center helper T cells are dual functional regulatory cells with suppressive activity to conventional CD4+ T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 5010-5017

  Marinova, Ekaterina ^a   Han, Shuhua ^a   Zheng, Biao ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ CD57+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL;

EID: 34247149460     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.8.5010     Document Type: Article

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