Follicular helper T cells in autoimmune diseases: A good therapeutic target?

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1159-1160

  Papp, Gábor ^a   Szabó, Krisztina ^a   Szekanecz, Zoltán ^a   Zeher, Margit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 21 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 6;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EDITORIAL; FOLLICULAR HELPER T CELL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84902966148     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket434     Document Type: Editorial

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