Viral persistence redirects CD4 T cell differentiation toward T follicular helper cells

Persistent virus infection drives follicular T helper cell differentiation.

• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Medicine

• Publication date

  2011-05-09

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1084/jem.20101773PMID 21536743PMCID 3092345
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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