Impaired function of CD4+ T follicular helper (Tfh) cells associated with hepatocellular carcinoma progression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Jia, Yiqiong ^a   Zeng, Zhen ^b   Li, Yuanyuan ^b   Li, Zhiwei ^b   Jin, Lei ^b   Zhang, Zheng ^b   Wang, Lifeng ^b   Wang, Fu Sheng ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING 302 HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; INTERLEUKIN 21; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CD4+ T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ASSAY; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMPLICATION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTIGENS, CD4; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKINS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84928911104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117458     Document Type: Article

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