ReviewAntibodies (Basel, Switzerland)2016
Cytokines in the Germinal Center Niche.
Review in Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interferon-Mediated Regulation of Memory B Cell Identity and Function.Immunological reviews · 2026Review
- Helminth-infected Mozambican children with malaria have increased anaemia, cytokines and helminth-specific antibodies.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Nanoparticle Immunoadjuvant Complexes Augment Germinal Center Responses to Vaccination.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Spatial compartmentalization shapes distinct germinal center states during respiratory viral infection.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Germinal Center B cells provide essential IL-1β signals to TFH cells via canonical NLRP3 inflammasome activity post influenza infection.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Immunosuppression of spleen in mice treated with erythropoietin: transcriptomic and immunological analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Germinal center cytokine driven epigenetic control of Epstein-Barr virus latency gene expression.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
- Germinal Center Cytokines Driven Epigenetic Control of Epstein-Barr Virus Latency Gene Expression.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Hypoxia and hypoxia-inducible factor signals regulate the development, metabolism, and function of B cells.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- A Sensitivity Analysis Comparison of Three Models for the Dynamics of Germinal Centers.Frontiers in immunology · 2019Article
- IL4 and IL21 cooperate to induce the high Bcl6 protein level required for germinal center formation.Immunology and cell biology · 2017Article
- IL-21 restricts T follicular regulatory T cell proliferation through Bcl-6 mediated inhibition of responsiveness to IL-2.Nature communications · 2017Article
- Correction: Cytokines in the Germinal Center NicheAntibodies (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Article
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- Erratum issued
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Cytokines are small, secreted, glycoproteins that specifically affect the interactions and communications between cells. Cytokines are produced transiently and locally, acting in a paracrine or autocrine manner, and they are extremely potent, ligating high affinity cell surface receptors to elicit changes in gene expression and protein synthesis in the responding cell. Cytokines produced during the differentiation of T follicular helper (Tfh) cells and B cells within the germinal center (GC) niche play an important role in ensuring that the humoral immune response is robust, whilst retaining flexibility, during the generation of affinity matured antibodies. Cytokines produced by B cells, antigen presenting cells and stromal cells are important for the differentiation of Tfh cells and Tfh cell produced cytokines act both in an autocrine fashion to firm Tfh cell differentiation and in a paracrine fashion to support the differentiation of memory B cells and plasma cells. In this review, we discuss the role of cytokines during the GC reaction with a particular focus on the influence of cytokines on Tfh cells.
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