Follicular helper T cells mediate IgE antibody response to airborne allergens

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 300-313.e7

  Kobayashi, Takao ^a   Iijima, Koji ^a   Dent, Alexander L ^b   Kita, Hirohito ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

allergens; allergy; Follicular T cells; IgE; IL 4; TH2 cells

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 25; INTERLEUKIN 33; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; OX40 LIGAND; PROTEIN BCL 6; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; AIR POLLUTANT; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OVALBUMIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AIRWAY EPITHELIUM CELL; ALLERGIC AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; FOLLICULAR HELPER T CELL; HELPER CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVALBUMIN; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 85008177610     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.04.021     Document Type: Article

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