Cutting edge: Circulating plasmablasts induce the differentiation of human T follicular helper cells via IL-6 production

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2482-2485

  Chavele, Konstantia Maria ^a   Merry, Eve ^a   Ehrenstein, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD200 ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR LIGAND; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 6; TOCILIZUMAB; BCL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CXCR5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ICOS PROTEIN, HUMAN; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLASMA CELL; PLASMABLAST; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTIGENS, CD19; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INDUCIBLE T-CELL CO-STIMULATOR PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKINS; PLASMA CELLS; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84924588068     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401190     Document Type: Article

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