Follicular helper T cells may play an important role in the severity of primary Sjögren's syndrome

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-104

  Szabo, Krisztina ^a   Papp, Gabor ^a   Barath, Sandor ^a   Gyimesi, Edit ^a   Szanto, Antonia ^a   Zeher, Margit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Activated T cells; Autoantibodies; Follicular helper T cells (TFH); Memory B cells; Primary Sj gren's syndrome (pSS)

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 27;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR HELPER T CELL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MYOPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYARTHRITIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIMARY SJOEGREN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VASCULITIS;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84876333943     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2013.02.024     Document Type: Article

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