Bcl6 expressing follicular helper CD4 T cells are fate committed early and have the capacity to form memory

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 190, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4014-4026

  Choi, Youn Soo ^a   Yang, Jessica A ^a   Yusuf, Isharat ^a   Johnston, Robert J ^a,b   Greenbaum, Jason ^a   Peters, Bjoern ^a   Crotty, Shane ^a,b,c  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN BCL 6; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR HELPER CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TH1 CELL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84875444198     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202963     Document Type: Article

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