Loss of IL-7 receptor α on CD4+ T cells defines terminally differentiated B cell-helping effector T cells in a B cell-rich lymphoid tissue

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 7448-7456

  Lim, Hyung W ^a   Kim, Chang H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; BLR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CCR7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOKINE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE; TONSIL; ADOLESCENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; RECEPTORS, CCR7; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TONSIL;

EID: 38049151375     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.11.7448     Document Type: Article

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