T follicular helper, but not Th1, cell differentiation in the absence of conventional dendritic cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 5187-5199

  Dahlgren, Madelene W ^a   Gustafsson Hedberg, Tobias ^b   Livingston, Megan ^b   Cucak, Helena ^a   Alsén, Samuel ^a,b   Yrlid, Ulf ^b   Johansson Lindbom, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2C; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BLR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL DENDRITIC CELL; DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; TH1 CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CHIMERA; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHIMERA; DENDRITIC CELLS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLY I-C; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84929646119     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401938     Document Type: Article

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