The role of the T follicular helper cells in allergic disease

Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 386-389

  Kemeny, Dm ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

allergy; asthma; follicular helper T cells; IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; BASOPHIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FOLLICULAR HELPER T CELL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84866101273     PISSN: 16727681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2012.31     Document Type: Review

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