The origins, function, and regulation of T follicular helper cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1241-1253

  Ma, Cindy S ^a,b   Deenick, Elissa K ^a,b   Batten, Marcel ^a,b   Tangye, Stuart G ^a,b  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84864303294     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20120994     Document Type: Review

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