Follicular regulatory T cells control humoral autoimmunity via NFAT2-regulated CXCR5 expression

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 545-561

  Vaeth, Martin ^a   Müller, Gerd ^b   Stauss, Dennis ^b   Dietz, Lena ^a   Klein Hessling, Stefan ^a   Serfling, Edgar ^a   Lipp, Martin ^a   Berberich, Ingolf ^c   Berberich Siebelt, Friederike ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FOLLICULAR REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MESANGIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84896885445     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20130604     Document Type: Article

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