How to become a T follicular helper cell
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
Follicular helper Tcells (TFH cells), a rare type of immune cell that is essential for inducing a strong and lasting antibody response to viruses and other microbes, have garnered intense interest in recent years but the molecular signals that drive their differentiation had remained unclear. Now, a team of researchers has identified a pair of master regulators that control the fate of TFH cells.