Follicular Helper T Cells: Lineage and Location

Immunity

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-335

  Fazilleau, Nicolas ^a   Mark, Linda ^a   McHeyzer Williams, Louise J ^a   McHeyzer Williams, Michael G ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EFFECTOR CELL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 61949131896     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.03.003     Document Type: Review

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