Suppression by T FR cells leads to durable and selective inhibition of B cell effector function

Nature Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1436-1446

  Sage, Peter T ^a,b   Ron Harel, Noga ^a   Juneja, Vikram R ^a,b   Sen, Debattama R ^c   Maleri, Seth ^a,b   Sungnak, Waradon ^b,d   Kuchroo, Vijay K ^b,d   Haining, W Nicholas ^c   Chevrier, Nicolas ^e   Haigis, Marcia ^a   Sharpe, Arlene H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 21; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; IL21R PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 21 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; EPIGENETICS; FOLLICULAR HELPER T CELL; FOLLICULAR REGULATORY T CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKIN-21 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84989920641     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3578     Document Type: Article

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