TGF-β prevents T follicular helper cell accumulation and B cell autoreactivity

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4375-4386

  McCarron, Mark J ^a,b,c,d   Marie, Julien C ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN CANCÉROLOGIE DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d LabEx DEVweCAN   (France)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY A; PROTEIN BCL 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TGFB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL DEPLETION; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS FUNCTION; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84907546679     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI76179     Document Type: Article

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