Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology
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Laura Romero

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• Research Article
  TIR-Domain-Containing Adapter-Inducing Interferon-β (TRIF) Regulates CXCR5+ T helper Cells in the Intestine
  Author(s): Saravana Kanagavelu, Claudia Flores, Shinichiro Hagiwara, Jose Ruiz, Jinhee Hyun, Ei E. Cho, Frank Sun, Laura Romero, David Q Shih and Masayuki Fukata Saravana Kanagavelu, Claudia Flores, Shinichiro Hagiwara, Jose Ruiz, Jinhee Hyun, Ei E. Cho, Frank Sun, Laura Romero, David Q Shih and Masayuki Fukata
  
  Objective: Establishing an effective humoral immunity is an important host defense mechanism in intestinal mucosa. T follicular helper (Tfh) cells are a spectrum of CXCR5 expressing T helper cells that induce antigenspecific B cell differentiation. Because the differentiation of T helper cells is largely regulated by innate immunity, we addressed whether TRIF signaling regulates Tfh cell differentiation and its ability to trigger humoral immune responses in the intestine. Method: CD4+CXCR5+ T cells, B cells, and plasma cells in the Peyer’s patches (PPs) of WT and TRIF-deficient (TrifLPS2) mice were analyzed by flow cytometry at the baseline, 9 days post primary infection, and 7 days postsecondary infection with Y. enterocolitica. Y. enterocolitica-specific CD4+CXCR5+ T cells were generated in vitro by co-cultu.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9899.1000458

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