The Current Researches on T Follicular Helper Cells and Associated Diseases
Journal Title: Journal of Enam Meical College - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
T follicular helper (Tfh) cell is a new subpopulation of CD4+ T cell family, whose differentiation is affected by Bcl-6, Blimp-1, STAT3, STAT5 and so on, and it could affect or decide the development of other subsets of CD4+ T cells. The important function of Tfh cell is to help B cell mediate humoral immunity, many researches have proved that Tfh cells participate in the development of autoimmune disease, immunodeficient disease, tumor and infectious diseases.
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Jianwei Zhou, Cui Kong
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