Memory T follicular helper CD4 T cells

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Hale, J Scott ^a   Ahmed, Rafi ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bcl6; CXCR5; Helper T cells; Memory T cells; T follicular helper cells

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; FOLATE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 4; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LISTERIOSIS; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84926645867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00016     Document Type: Review

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