Differentiation of germinal center B cells and follicular helper T cells as viewed by tracking Bcl6 expression dynamics

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-132

  Okada, Takaharu ^a,b   Moriyama, Saya ^a,c   Kitano, Masahiro ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bcl6; Cell interaction; Cell migration; Follicular helper T cells; Germinal center B cells

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 21 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BCL 6; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRACKING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONJUGATION; DENDRITIC CELL; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; FOLLICULAR HELPER T CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; STROMA CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL CENTER; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84859716676     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2012.01120.x     Document Type: Article

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