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Follicular helper T cells are required for systemic autoimmunity.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 16 Mar 2009
Linterman Michelle A, Rigby Robert J, Wong Raphael K, Yu Di, Brink Robert, Cannons Jennifer L, Schwartzberg Pamela L, Cook Matthew C, Walters Giles D, Vinuesa Carola G
Abstract excerpt
Production of high-affinity pathogenic autoantibodies appears to be central to the pathogenesis of lupus. Because normal high-affinity antibodies arise from germinal centers (GCs), aberrant selection of GC B cells, caused by either failure of negative selection or enhanced positive selection by follicular helper T (T(FH)) cells, is a plausible explanation for these autoantibodies. Mice homozygous for the san...
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