T follicular helper cells in space-time

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 612-625

  Qi, Hai ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITION PRIMING; REVIEW; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN MEDIATED CLONAL SELECTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONAL SELECTION, ANTIGEN-MEDIATED; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84984848116     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri.2016.94     Document Type: Review

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