Pathophysiology of T follicular helper cells in humans and mice

Nature Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 142-152

  Ueno, Hideki ^a   Banchereau, Jacques ^b,c   Vinuesa, Carola G ^d  

^a BAYLOR INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD134 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; INTERFERON CONSENSUS SEQUENCE BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 5; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; OX40 LIGAND; PROTEIN BCL 6; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANGIOIMMUNOBLASTIC T CELL LYMPHOMA; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DENDRITIC CELL; DIABETOGENESIS; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; PALATINE TONSIL; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; PALATINE TONSIL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84922936572     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3054     Document Type: Review

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