T-cell subsets in the germinal center

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-155

  Ramiscal, Roybel R ^a   Vinuesa, Carola G ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

B cells; cell differentiation; cytokines; lineage commitment; T cells; tolerance

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL HOMING; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; PLASMA CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84873674970     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12031     Document Type: Article

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