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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2026

The interaction between dendritic cells and T follicular helper cells drives inflammatory bowel disease: a review.

You Lv, Yan-Ling Jin, Ze Zhou, Jia-Bao Liao, Zhu-Quan Zhang, Lin-Yu Tang, Xue-Hua Xie, Si Wang, Meng-Xue Jin, Hong-Yi Liu

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

You Lv *College of Basic Medical Sciences, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Yan-Ling Jin *College of Basic Medical Sciences, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Ze Zhou *The First Clinical School of Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Jia-Bao LiaoThe First Clinical School of Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Zhu-Quan ZhangCollege of Basic Medical Sciences, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Lin-Yu TangCollege of Basic Medical Sciences, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Xue-Hua XieThe First Clinical School of Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Si WangThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Meng-Xue JinThe Third Clinical Medical College of Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Hong-Yi LiuThe First Clinical School of Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), has an important pathogenesis that lies in the self-amplifying inflammatory circuit formed by bidirectional interactions between dendritic cells (DCs) and T follicular helper (TFH) cells. This review elucidates that specific mature DC subsets in the intestinal inflammatory microenvironment drive TFH cell differentiation through synergistic co-stimulatory signals (CD80/CD86-CD28, OX40L-OX40) and cytokine networks (IL-12/STAT4/BCL-6, TGF-β/c-Maf/CXCR5); conversely, TFH-derived Lymphotoxin alpha 1 beta 2 (LTα1β2) activates stromal cell LTβR/NF-κB signaling pathway, inducing chemokine (CXCL13, CCL19, CCL21) production, thereby recruiting CCR7

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Cell CommunicationDendritic CellsInflammatory Bowel DiseasesT Follicular Helper CellsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCytokinesHumansSignal TransductionCytokinescell–cell interactionsdendritic cellsimmunologyinflammatory bowel diseaseT follicular helper cells

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PMID41710888
PMCPMC12909234

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