T-follicular helper cell differentiation and the co-option of this pathway by non-helper cells

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-159

  Linterman, Michelle A ^a   Liston, Adrian ^b   Vinuesa, Carola G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Follicular natural killer T cells; Follicular regulatory T cells; Germinal center; T follicular helper cells

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD11 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID; PROTEIN BCL 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEMORY CELL; MUTATION; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84859720726     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2012.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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