Identification of Bcl-6-dependent follicular helper NKT cells that provide cognate help for B cell responses

Nature Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-43

  Chang, Pheh Ping ^a   Barral, Patricia ^b   Fitch, Jessica ^a   Pratama, Alvin ^a   Ma, Cindy S ^c   Kallies, Axel ^d   Hogan, Jennifer J ^a   Cerundolo, Vincenzo ^e   Tangye, Stuart G ^c   Bittman, Robert ^f   Nutt, Stephen L ^d   Brink, Robert ^c   Godfrey, Dale I ^g   Batista, Facundo D ^b   Vinuesa, Carola G ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 21; PROTEIN BCL 6;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLICULAR HELPER NATURAL KILLER T CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-6; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 83755166410     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2166     Document Type: Article

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