The transcriptional coactivator Bob1 promotes the development of follicular T helper cells via Bcl6

EMBO Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 881-898

  Stauss, Dennis ^a   Brunner, Cornelia ^b   Berberich Siebelt, Friederike ^c   Höpken, Uta E ^a   Lipp, Martin ^a   Müller, Gerd ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

follicular T helper cells; germinal center; humoral immunity; Pou2af1; T cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; PROTEIN BCL 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL COACTIVATOR BOB1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BCL6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BTLA PROTEIN, MOUSE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 21 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; POU2AF1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR T HELPER CELL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-6; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-21; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84960192479     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201591459     Document Type: Article

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