Transcription factor IRF4 determines germinal center formation through follicular T-helper cell differentiation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 8664-8669

  Bollig, Nadine ^a   Brus̈tle, Anne ^b   Kellner, Kerstin ^a   Ackermann, Waltraud ^a   Abass, Elfadil ^a   Raifer, Hartmann ^a   Camara, Bärbel ^a   Brendel, Cornelia ^a   Giel, Gavin ^a   Bothur, Evita ^a   Huber, Magdalena ^a   Paul, Christoph ^a   Elli, Alexandra ^a   Kroczek, Richard A ^c   Nurieva, Roza ^d   Dong, Chen ^d   Jacob, Ralf ^a   Mak, Tak W ^b,e   Lohoff, Michael ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CXC chemokine receptor 5; Inducible costimulator; Interleukin 21

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR T HELPER CELL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINAL CENTER; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERLEUKINS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PEYER'S PATCHES; PLASMA CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84861872906     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205834109     Document Type: Article

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