Association of circulating follicular helper T cells with disease course of NMO spectrum disorders

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 278, Issue , 2015, Pages 239-246

  Li, Yu Jing ^a   Zhang, Fang ^a   Qi, Yuan ^a   Chang, Guo Qiang ^a   Fu, Ying ^a   Su, Lei ^a   Shen, Yi ^a   Sun, Na ^a   Borazanci, Aimee ^b   Yang, Chunsheng ^a   Shi, Fu Dong ^a,b   Yan, Yaping ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

IL 21; IL 6; NMOSD; Tfh cells

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA SPECTRUM DISORDER; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELAPSE; AGED; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920917979     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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