Blood relatives of follicular helper T cells

Carola G Vinuesa; Matthew C Cook

doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2011.01.006

Blood relatives of follicular helper T cells

Immunity. 2011 Jan 28;34(1):10-2. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.01.006.

Authors

Carola G Vinuesa¹, Matthew C Cook

Affiliation

¹ John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. carola.vinuesa@anu.edu.au

PMID: 21272784
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.01.006

Abstract

Expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR5 identifies B follicular helper T cells. In this issue of Immunity, Morita et al. (2011) describe a heterogeneous circulating CXCR5(+)CD4(+) B cell helper population overrepresented in juvenile dermatomyositis patients.

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