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Andrew Baessler1, J Scott Hale2.
Abstract
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection causes recurrent tonsillitis (RT) in some individuals. A recent study (Dan et al. Sci. Transl. Med. 2019;11:eaau3776) demonstrates that RT is associated with an impaired antibody response against a key streptococcal virulence factor. This factor, SpeA, can induce abnormal T follicular helper (Tfh) cells that are able to kill B cells.Entities:
Year: 2019 PMID: 30956068 PMCID: PMC6534348 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2019.03.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Immunol ISSN: 1471-4906 Impact factor: 16.687