High frequencies of activated B cells and T follicular helper cells are correlated with disease activity in patients with new-onset rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-220

  Wang, J ^a   Shan, Y ^a   Jiang, Z ^a   Feng, J ^a   Li, C ^a   Ma, L ^a   Jiang, Y ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B cells; CD86; RA; Tfh cells; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; FAS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; INTERLEUKIN 21; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMORY CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

B CELLS; CD86; RA; TFH CELLS; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOMARKERS, PHARMACOLOGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INDUCIBLE T-CELL CO-STIMULATOR PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

EID: 84885143534     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cei.12162     Document Type: Article

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