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ReviewExperimental & molecular medicine2024

Transcriptional regulation of Tfh dynamics and the formation of immunological synapses.

Ye-Ji Kim, Jinyong Choi, Youn Soo Choi

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Review in Experimental & molecular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ye-Ji Kim *Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jinyong Choi *Department of Microbiology, Department of Biomedicine & Health Sciences, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2474-2837
Youn Soo ChoiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. younsoo94@snu.ac.kr.

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2021R1F1A1060347National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2023-00258956National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2023-00272468
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inside germinal centers (GCs), antigen-specific B cells rely on precise interactions with immune cells and strategic localization between the dark and light zones to clonally expand, undergo affinity maturation, and differentiate into long-lived plasma cells or memory B cells. Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells, the key gatekeepers of GC-dependent humoral immunity, exhibit remarkable dynamic positioning within secondary lymphoid tissues and rely on intercellular interactions with antigen-presenting cells (APCs) during their differentiation and execution of B-cell-facilitating functions within GCs. In this review, we briefly cover the transcriptional regulation of Tfh cell differentiation and function and explore the molecular mechanisms governing Tfh cell motility, their interactions with B cells within GCs, and the impact of their dynamic behavior on humoral responses.

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Gene Expression RegulationGerminal CenterImmunological SynapsesAnimalsB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationHumansT Follicular Helper CellsT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerTranscription, Genetic

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PMID38825646
PMCPMC11263543

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