2020
Characterization of circulating and cultured Tfh-like cells in sickle cell disease in relation to red blood cell alloimmunization status
Balbuena-Merle R, Santhanakrishnan M, Devine L, Gibb DR, Tormey CA, Siddon AJ, Curtis SA, Gallagher PG, Weinstein JS, Hendrickson JE. Characterization of circulating and cultured Tfh-like cells in sickle cell disease in relation to red blood cell alloimmunization status. Transfusion And Apheresis Science 2020, 59: 102778. PMID: 32439490, PMCID: PMC7483805, DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2020.102778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTfh-like cellsNaïve CD4 T cellsSickle cell diseaseCD4 T cellsCD4 T cell subsetsT cell subsetsT cellsCell diseaseRed blood cell alloimmunizationPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsBlood mononuclear cellsCD3/CD28Electronic medical recordsAlloimmunization statusHLA alloantibodiesRBC autoantibodiesRBC alloantibodiesFollicular helperIL-12Mononuclear cellsMedical recordsIL-7Antigen specificityB cellsAlloantibodies
2014
Global transcriptome analysis and enhancer landscape of human primary T follicular helper and T effector lymphocytes
Weinstein JS, Lezon-Geyda K, Maksimova Y, Craft S, Zhang Y, Su M, Schulz VP, Craft J, Gallagher PG. Global transcriptome analysis and enhancer landscape of human primary T follicular helper and T effector lymphocytes. Blood 2014, 124: 3719-3729. PMID: 25331115, PMCID: PMC4263981, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-06-582700.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT-cell lymphomaTfh cellsHelper cellsPrimary cutaneous T-cell lymphomaAngioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphomaCutaneous T-cell lymphomaTfh cell functionFollicular helper cellsT effector cellsCell functionHuman Tfh cellsProtective humoral immunityT helper cellsLymphoid cell functionB cell maturationT lymphocyte developmentEffector cellsFollicular helperT effectorsAutoimmune diseasesHumoral immunityAntibody formationPlasma cellsGerminal centersLymphoid cells