Persistent antigen and germinal center B cells sustain T follicular helper cell responses and phenotype

D Baumjohann, S Preite, A Reboldi, F Ronchi… - Immunity, 2013 - cell.com
cells. Here we report that the magnitude of the Tfh cell response was dictated by the amount
of antigen and directly correlated with the magnitude of the GC B cell response. In addition, …

Sustained T follicular helper cell response is essential for control of chronic viral infection

U Greczmiel, NJ Kräutler, A Pedrioli, I Bartsch… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
… LCMV-specific antibodies that keep viral … antibodies, we show that sustained activity of
T FH cells promotes control of the chronic infection in face of exhausted CD8 T cell responses

Late interleukin-6 escalates T follicular helper cell responses and controls a chronic viral infection

JA Harker, GM Lewis, L Mack, EI Zuniga - Science, 2011 - science.org
… -specific CD4 T cells that caused up-regulation of the transcription factor Bcl6 and enhanced
T follicular helper cell responses at late, but not early, stages of chronic viral infection. This …

Follicular helper T cell differentiation requires continuous antigen presentation that is independent of unique B cell signaling

EK Deenick, A Chan, CS Ma, D Gatto, PL Schwartzberg… - Immunity, 2010 - cell.com
… Effective humoral immunity depends on the support of B cell responses by T follicular helper
(Tfh) cells. Although it has been proposed that Tfh cell differentiation requires TB interactions…

The origins, function, and regulation of T follicular helper cells

CS Ma, EK Deenick, M Batten… - Journal of Experimental …, 2012 - rupress.org
… that T follicular helper cells (Tfh) specialize in providing cognate help to B cells and are
fundamentally required for the generation of T cell–dependent B cell responses. Perturbations in …

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

LM Fahey, EB Wilson, H Elsaesser… - Journal of Experimental …, 2011 - rupress.org
… that the prolonged antigenic stimulation during viral persistence drives a specific CD4 T cell
… Yet, the CD4 T cell response generated during a persistent infection is not merely a delayed …

Clonal composition and persistence of antigen‐specific circulating T follicular helper cells

M Hu, S Notarbartolo, M Foglierini… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… Among memory T helper cells, T follicular helper (T FH ) cells have been considered as a
distinct subset due to their unique ability to promote B cell responses and antibody affinity …

Follicular helper T cells

CG Vinuesa, MA Linterman, D Yu… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
… B cells and induce IgG2a antibodies (in mice) but in larger amounts inhibits B cell responses
In the absence of T cell–expressed BCL6, B cell responses to protein antigens do not occur …

T‐follicular helper cells survive as long‐term memory cells

JP Weber, F Fuhrmann, A Hutloff - European journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… T follicular helper cells (TFH) are of critical importance for humoral immune responses [1]. …
quickly readopt their B-cell helper phenotype, we tested their response after rechallenge with …

The regulation and role of T follicular helper cells in immunity

EK Deenick, CS Ma - Immunology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… The importance of this molecule for B cell responses is demonstrated by mice lacking CD40
or CD40L, which display abortive B cell responses and a failure to generate GCs and long-…