Expansion of circulating T follicular helper cells is associated with disease progression in HIV-infected individuals

• Main Authors: Jianhua Lu (Author), Ying Lv (Author), Zhuo Lv (Author), Yi Xu (Author), Yan Huang (Author), Meilan Cui (Author), Huimin Yan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: T follicular helper (Tfh) cells within germinal centers (GC) of lymphoid tissue play an important role in HIV infection. Recently, circulating Tfh cells have been described, which share phenotypic and functional characteristics with GC Tfh cells. This study aimed to investigate the effec...