Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19303387›Full record

ReviewImmunity2009

Follicular helper T cells: lineage and location.

Nicolas Fazilleau, Linda Mark, Louise J McHeyzer-Williams, Michael G McHeyzer-Williams

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Review in Immunity, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 313 papers.

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313citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

313 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. The roles of T cells in psoriasis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nicolas FazilleauDepartment of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Linda Mark
Louise J McHeyzer-Williams
Michael G McHeyzer-Williams

Funding

DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELL MEMORYR01AI040215 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI MCHEYZER-WILLIAMS, MICHAEL G. · 1996 to 2020
$6.5M
DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC B CELL MEMORYR01AI047231 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI MCHEYZER-WILLIAMS, MICHAEL G. · 2000 to 2015
$5.3M
Functional Diversity in Pre-Immune Helper T CellsR01AI059475 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI MCHEYZER-WILLIAMS, MICHAEL G. · 2005 to 2009
$2.2M
NIAID NIH HHS AI040215NIAID NIH HHS AI047231NIAID NIH HHS AI059475NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI040215NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI047231NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI059475
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells are the class of effector T helper cells that regulates the step-wise development of antigen-specific B cell immunity in vivo. Deployment of CXCR5+ Tfh cells to B cell zones of lymphoid tissues and stable cognate interactions with B cells are central to the delivery of antigen-specific Tfh cell function. Here, we review recent advances that have helped to unravel distinctive elements of developmental programming for Tfh cells and unique effector Tfh cell functions focused on antigen-primed B cells. Understanding the regulatory functions of Tfh cells in the germinal center and the subsequent regulation of memory B cell responses to antigen recall represent the frontiers of this research area with the potential to alter fundamentally the design of future vaccines.

Indexed as

AnimalsB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCell LineageHumansImmunityLymphocyte SubsetsReceptors, CXCR5T-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerReceptors, CXCR5

Identifiers

PMID19303387
PMCPMC2731675

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