Human tonsil B-cell lymphoma 6 (BCL6)-expressing CD4 + T-cell subset specialized for B-cell help outside germinal centers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 33, 2011, Pages

  Bentebibel, Salah Eddine ^a,b   Schmitt, Nathalie ^a   Banchereau, Jacques ^a,c,d   Ueno, Hideki ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U899   (United States)

^d HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; FAS LIGAND; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 6;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051978792     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100898108     Document Type: Article

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