Expansion of circulating counterparts of follicular helper T cells in patients with myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 55-61

  Luo, Chuanming ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Liu, Weibin ^a   Feng, Huiyu ^a   Wang, Haiyan ^a   Huang, Xin ^a   Qiu, Li ^a   Ouyang, Juan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti acetylcholine receptor antibody; CXC chemokine ligand 13; Follicular helper T cells; Inducible costimulator; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; INTERLEUKIN 21; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR HELPER T LYMPHOCYTE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD45; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHEMOKINE CXCL13; CHILD; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INDUCIBLE T-CELL CO-STIMULATOR PROTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875368702     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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