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Journal of Clinical Immunology
Published in: Journal of Clinical Immunology 1/2016

01-05-2016

Human T Follicular Helper Cells in Primary Immunodeficiency: Quality Just as Important as Quantity

Author: Cindy S. Ma

Published in: Journal of Clinical Immunology | Special Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

T follicular helper (Tfh) cells are a subset of effector CD4+ T cells specialised to induce Ab production by B cells. This review highlights some of the recent advances in the field of human Tfh cells that have come from the study of primary immunodeficiencies. In particular it is increasingly evident that the quality of the Tfh cells that are generated, is just as important as the quantity.
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Metadata
Title
Human T Follicular Helper Cells in Primary Immunodeficiency: Quality Just as Important as Quantity
Author
Cindy S. Ma
Publication date
01-05-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Clinical Immunology / Issue Special Issue 1/2016
Print ISSN: 0271-9142
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2592
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-016-0257-6

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