Ectopic lymphoid structures: Powerhouse of autoimmunity

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2016, Pages

  Corsiero, Elisa ^a   Nerviani, Alessandra ^a   Bombardieri, Michele ^a   Pitzalis, Costantino ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Autoimmunity; Ectopic germinal center; Lymphoid chemokines; Tertiary lymphoid structures

Indexed keywords

ADDRESSIN; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; FIBRINOGEN; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 23; LYMPHOTOXIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; ECTOPIC LYMPHOID STRUCTURE; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT SURVEY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84997206967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00430     Document Type: Short Survey

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