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Nature Immunology 10, 371 - 372 (2009)
doi:10.1038/ni0409-371
Revisiting the follicular helper T cell paradigm
Bernard Malissen1
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Bernard Malissen is with the Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U631, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 6102, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
e-mail: e-mail: bernardm@ciml.univ-mrs.fr
Abstract
Antibody responses are critical for host protection against many pathogens. By reporting what actually occurs in vivo, two new studies provide important clues about follicular helper T cells that are dedicated to providing help to B cells.
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