Follicular associated T cells and their B-cell helper qualities

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-104

  Haynes, Nicole M ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Follicles; Germinal centre; Secondary lymphoid organ; T cell help

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHEMOKINES; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 38049102934     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00995.x     Document Type: Review

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