The link between circulating follicular helper T cells and autoimmunity

LSK Walker - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Follicular helper T (TFH) cells provide help to B cells, supporting the formation of germinal
centres that allow affinity maturation of antibody responses. Although usually located in …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm: roles of inflammatory cells

Z Yuan, Y Lu, J Wei, J Wu, J Yang, Z Cai - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are local dilations of infrarenal segment of aortas.
Molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of AAA remain not fully clear. However …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid induction of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells is associated with coordinated humoral and cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination

MM Painter, D Mathew, RR Goel, SA Apostolidis… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines have shown remarkable clinical efficacy, but questions
remain about the nature and kinetics of T cell priming. We performed longitudinal antigen …

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines foster potent antigen-specific germinal center responses associated with neutralizing antibody generation

K Lederer, D Castaño, DG Atria, TH Oguin, S Wang… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
The deployment of effective vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is critical to eradicate the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

Cytokine-skewed Tfh cells: functional consequences for B cell help

AC Olatunde, JS Hale, TJ Lamb - Trends in immunology, 2021 - cell.com
CD4+ follicular helper T (Tfh) cells play a vital role in providing help for B cells undergoing
selection and differentiation into activated antibody-secreting cells in mammalian germinal …

Shared and distinct roles of T peripheral helper and T follicular helper cells in human diseases

H Yoshitomi, H Ueno - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The interactions of CD4+ T cells and B cells are fundamental for the generation of protective
antibody responses, as well as for the development of harmful autoimmune diseases …

[HTML][HTML] PI3K signalling in inflammation

PT Hawkins, LR Stephens - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and Cell …, 2015 - Elsevier
PI3Ks regulate several key events in the inflammatory response to damage and infection.
There are four Class I PI3K isoforms (PI3Kα, β, γ, δ), three Class II PI3K isoforms (PI3KC2α …

Comparative analysis of activation induced marker (AIM) assays for sensitive identification of antigen-specific CD4 T cells

S Reiss, AE Baxter, KM Cirelli, JM Dan, A Morou… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The identification and study of antigen-specific CD4 T cells, both in peripheral blood and in
tissues, is key for a broad range of immunological research, including vaccine responses …

Pathophysiology of T follicular helper cells in humans and mice

H Ueno, J Banchereau, CG Vinuesa - Nature immunology, 2015 - nature.com
Follicular helper T cells (TFH cells) compose a heterogeneous subset of CD4+ T cells that
induce the differentiation of B cells into plasma cells and memory cells. They are found …

T follicular helper cells in autoimmune disorders

N Gensous, M Charrier, D Duluc… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
T follicular helper (Tfh) cells are a distinct subset of CD4+ T lymphocytes, specialized in B
cell help and in regulation of antibody responses. They are required for the generation of …