The elusive identity of T follicular helper cells

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 377-383

  Yu, Di ^a,b   Vinuesa, Carola G ^c  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 21 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3BETA; PROTEIN BCL 6; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; THYMUS DEPENDENT ANTIGEN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL HOMING; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 77957256910     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2010.07.001     Document Type: Review

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