Follicular helper T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus: A potential therapeutic target

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 299-304

  Dong, Weijia ^a   Zhu, Ping ^b   Wang, Yanwu ^a   Wang, Zhenguo ^a  

^a The 260th Hospital of PLA   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Follicular helper T cell; Germinal center; Plasma cell; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AUTOANTIBODY; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; DRUG TARGETING; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; MYELOID DENDRITIC CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA CELL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 79953160964     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2010.11.004     Document Type: Review

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