Th17 cells facilitate the humoral immune response in patients with acute viral myocarditis

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-234

  Yuan, Jing ^a   Cao, Ai Lin ^a   Yu, Miao ^a   Lin, Qiong Wen ^a   Yu, Xian ^a   Zhang, Jing Hui ^a   Wang, Min ^a   Guo, He Ping ^a   Liao, Yu Hua ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Union Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Acute viral myocarditis; Antibodies; Autoimmunity; B cells; Th17

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HEART ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 17 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ROR GAMMA T; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD4; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-17; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77953543579     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: 15732592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-009-9355-z     Document Type: Article

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