| Literature DB >> 29466751 |
Mary F Fontana1, Marion Pepper2.
Abstract
Activated B cells mature in germinal centers (GCs), but GC initiation during infection is poorly understood. Gaya et al. (2018) show that NKT cells, activated by CD169+ macrophages, produce an early wave of interleukin-4 (IL-4) that promotes GC formation during viral infection.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29466751 PMCID: PMC6197472 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2018.02.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunity ISSN: 1074-7613 Impact factor: 31.745