In vivo regulation of Bcl6 and T follicular helper cell development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 313-326

  Poholek, Amanda C ^a   Hansen, Kyle ^b   Hernandez, Sairy G ^a   Eto, Danelle ^b   Chandele, Anmol ^a   Weinstein, Jason S ^a   Dong, Xuemei ^a   Odegard, Jared M ^a,d   Kaech, Susan M ^a   Dent, Alexander L ^c   Crotty, Shane ^b   Craft, Joe ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Immune Design Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; DEATH RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 6; P SELECTIN GLYCOPROTEIN LIGAND 1; PROGRAMMED DEATH RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN BCL 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BCL6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; P SELECTIN LIGAND PROTEIN; P-SELECTIN LIGAND PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; FOLLICULAR HELPER T CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRICETINAE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE COOPERATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77956207524     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0904023     Document Type: Article

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