The Peptide Specificity of the Endogenous T Follicular Helper Cell Repertoire Generated after Protein Immunization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Leddon, Scott A ^a   Sant, Andrea J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; TETRAMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HELPER CELL; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; EPITOPES; GENES, MHC CLASS II; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84867540112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046952     Document Type: Article

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