Regulatory and helper follicular T cells and antibody avidity to simian immunodeficiency virus glycoprotein 120

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3227-3236

  Blackburn, Matthew J ^a   Zhong Min, Ma ^b   Caccuri, Francesca ^a,d   McKinnon, Katherine ^a   Schifanella, Luca ^a   Guan, Yongjun ^c   Gorini, Giacomo ^a   Venzon, David ^a   Fenizia, Claudio ^a   Binello, Nicolò ^a   Gordon, Shari N ^a   Miller, Christopher J ^b   Franchini, Genoveffa ^a   Vaccari, Monica ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; VIRUS DNA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GP120 PROTEIN, SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYNAMICS; HELPER CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RHESUS MONKEY; SIMIAN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, CD3; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GERMINAL CENTER; MACACA MULATTA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CCR7; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; SIMIAN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 84942475241     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1402699     Document Type: Article

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