Increased frequency of circulating follicular helper T cells in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-115

  Wu, Shanshan ^a   Yang, Ting ^a   Pan, Faming ^a   Xia, Guo ^a   Hu, Yanting ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Fan, Dazhi ^a   Duan, Zhenhua ^a   Ding, Ning ^a   Xu, Shengqian ^a   Cai, Guoqi ^a   Wang, Li ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Circulating follicular helper T cells; IL 21; Immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR LIGAND; INTERLEUKIN 21; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERLEUKINS; MALE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983408024     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14397595.2014.902149     Document Type: Article

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