A cytokine-independent approach to identify antigen-specific human germinal center t follicular helper cells and rare antigen-specific CD4+ T Cells in blood

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 983-993

  Dan, Jennifer M ^a,b   Arlehamn, Cecilia S Lindestam ^a   Weiskopf, Daniela ^a   Da Silva Antunes, Ricardo ^a   Havenar Daughton, Colin ^a,c   Reiss, Samantha M ^a,c   Brigger, Matthew ^d   Bothwell, Marcella ^d   Sette, Alessandro ^a   Crotty, Shane ^a,b,c  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery   (United States)

^d RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

BIOMARKERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84979533519     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600318     Document Type: Article

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