Bcl-6 controlled TFH polarization and memory: The known unknowns

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-41

  Qi, Hai ^a   Liu, Dan ^a   Ma, Weiwei ^a   Wang, Yifeng ^a   Yan, Hu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR LIGAND; PROTEIN BCL 6;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FOLLICULAR T HELPER CELL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMORY CELL; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-6; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84896872276     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: 18790372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2014.01.016     Document Type: Review

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