CD25+Bcl6low T follicular helper cells provide help to maturing B cells in germinal centers of human tonsil

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 298-308

  Li, Haishan ^a   Pauza, C David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B cells; Germinal centers; IL 2 receptor; Interleukin 2; T follicular helper cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 21; OX40 LIGAND; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL 6; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; AICDA (ACTIVATION-INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE); BCL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CD134 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; CYTOKINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ICOS PROTEIN, HUMAN; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; TNFRSF4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TONSIL; TONSIL CELL; UPREGULATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PALATINE TONSIL;

ANTIGENS, CD45; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; CYTOKINES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INDUCIBLE T-CELL CO-STIMULATOR PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PALATINE TONSIL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MAF; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RECEPTORS, OX40; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84920994623     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201444911     Document Type: Article

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