Follicular helper T cells: New insights into mechanisms of autoimmune diseases

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-139

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Ing, Sharon ^a   Fraser, Austin ^a   Chen, Minzi ^a   Khan, Omar ^a   Zakem, Jerald ^a,b   Davis, William ^a,b   Quinet, Robert ^a,b  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibody formation; Autoimmune diseases; Germinal center

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; B7 RELATED PROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CYTOKINE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; INTERLEUKIN 21; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLICULAR HELPER T CELL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 84875167019     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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