Crucial roles of interleukin-7 in the development of T follicular helper cells and in the induction of humoral immunity

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 8998-9009

  Seo, Yong Bok ^a   Im, Se Jin ^a   Namkoong, Hong ^a   Kim, Sae Won ^a   Choi, Young Woo ^a   Kang, Moon Cheol ^a   Lim, Hye Seong ^b   Jin, Hyun Tak ^b   Yang, Se Hwan ^b   Cho, Mi La ^d   Kim, You Me ^a   Lee, Seung Woo ^a   Choi, Young Ki ^c   Surh, Charles D ^a   Sung, Young Chul ^a,b  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b POSTECH Biotech Center   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korean Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HAPLORHINI; HELPER CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HAPLORHINI; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84904893638     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00534-14     Document Type: Article

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