Emerging from the shadows: Follicular helper T cells in autoimmunity

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-8

  DiPlacido, Leah D ^a   Craft, Joe ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; EDITORIAL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 74849090711     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.25045     Document Type: Editorial

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