With a little help from my old T cell: Memory follicular T helper cells driving autoimmunity?

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2869-2871

  Winkler, Thomas H ^a   Waisman, Ari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Autoimmunity; CD4+ T cells; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL AGING; FOLLICULAR T HELPER CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY CELL; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; AGING; ANIMAL; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84925254263     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201445101     Document Type: Note

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