Bcl6 and Maf cooperate to instruct human follicular helper CD4 T cell differentiation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3734-3744

  Kroenke, Mark A ^a   Eto, Danelle ^a   Locci, Michela ^a   Cho, Michael ^b   Davidson, Terence ^c   Haddad, Elias K ^d   Crotty, Shane ^a  

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

^b MISSION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; CELL PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR7; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 6; PROTEIN EB12; PROTEIN ICOS; SIGNALING LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION MOLECULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD40L GENE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLICULAR HELPER CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISORDER; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ICOS GENE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MIGRATION GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SH2D1A GENE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOKINES, CXC; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INDUCIBLE T-CELL CO-STIMULATOR PROTEIN; INTERLEUKINS; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MAF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84859711533     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1103246     Document Type: Article

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