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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Louis Tsai
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-17000 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Immunity 20090723 3
Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells provide selection signals to germinal center B cells, which is essential for long-lived antibody responses. High CXCR5 and low CCR7 expression facilitates their homing to B cell follicles and distinguishes them from T helper 1 (Th1), Th2, and Th17 cells. Here, we showed that Bcl-6 directs Tfh cell differentiation: Bcl-6-deficient T cells failed to develop into Tfh cells and could not sustain germinal center responses, whereas forced expression of Bcl-6 in CD4(+) T ...[more]