Molecular Mechanisms Regulating T Helper 1 versus T Follicular Helper Cell Differentiation in Humans

Cell Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1082-1095

  Schmitt, Nathalie ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Bentebibel, Salah Eddine ^a   Ueno, Hideki ^a  

^a BAYLOR INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; EBI2 PROTEIN; EOMESODERMIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 12; PROTEIN BCL 6; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; TH1 CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-12; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84978864135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.06.063     Document Type: Article

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