The transcription factor TCF-1 initiates the differentiation of TFH cells during acute viral infection

Nature Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 991-999

  Xu, Lifan ^a   Cao, Yi ^a   Xie, Zhunyi ^a   Huang, Qizhao ^a   Bai, Qiang ^a   Yang, Xia ^a   He, Ran ^a   Hao, Yaxing ^a   Wang, Haoqiang ^a   Zhao, Tingting ^a   Fan, Zhonglei ^b   Qin, Aijian ^b   Ye, Jianqiang ^b   Zhou, Xinyuan ^a   Ye, Lilin ^a   Wu, Yuzhang ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN BCL 6; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; BCL6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1ALPHA; HNF1A PROTEIN, MOUSE; PRDM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR HELPER T CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HELPER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GERMINAL CENTER; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-ALPHA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84939603374     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3229     Document Type: Article

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