Activated circulating T follicular helper cells and skewing of T follicular helper 2 cells are down-regulated by treatment including an inhaled corticosteroid in patients with allergic asthma

Background: CXCR5+ T follicular helper (TFH) cells primarily promote B cells to produce an antigen-specific antibody through germinal centers (GCs). TFH cells exist in circulation, and circulating(c) TFH2 cells, a subset of cTFH cells, are able to help naïve B cells produce IgE in healthy individual...

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Main Authors: Satsuki Miyajima, Katsunori Shigehara, Ryuta Kamekura, Hiromi Takaki, Hayato Yabe, Ippei Ikegami, Yuichiro Asai, Hirotaka Nishikiori, Hirohumi Chiba, Eiji Uno, Hiroki Takahashi, Shingo Ichimiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Allergology International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893019301376