Environmental and T cell-intrinsic factors limit the expansion of neonatal follicular T helper cells but may be circumvented by specific adjuvants

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 189, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5764-5772

  Mastelic, Béatris ^a   Kamath, Arun T ^a   Fontannaz, Paola ^a   Tougne, Chantal ^a   Rochat, Anne Fraņcoise ^a   Belnoue, Elodie ^a   Combescure, Christophe ^b   Auderset, Floriane ^c   Lambert, Paul Henri ^a   Tacchini Cottier, Fabienne ^c   Siegrist, Claire Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; BATF PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; ICOS PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTRINSIC FACTOR; PROTEIN BCL 6; TETANUS TOXOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLICULAR T HELPER CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELL AGING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; CPG ISLANDS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 84871157894     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201143     Document Type: Article

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