Interleukin-2 Inhibits Germinal Center Formation by Limiting T Follicular Helper Cell Differentiation

Immunity

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 847-856

  Ballesteros Tato, André ^a   León, Beatriz ^a   Graf, Beth A ^a   Moquin, Amy ^b   Adams, Pamela Scott ^b   Lund, Frances E ^a   Randall, Troy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 2; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLUENZA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84861423126     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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