PD-1 regulates germinal center B cell survival and the formation and affinity of long-lived plasma cells
Good-Jacobson KL, Szumilas CG, Chen L, Sharpe AH, Tomayko MM, Shlomchik MJ. PD-1 regulates germinal center B cell survival and the formation and affinity of long-lived plasma cells. Nature Immunology 2010, 11: 535-542. PMID: 20453843, PMCID: PMC2874069, DOI: 10.1038/ni.1877.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-1Follicular T cellsGerminal center B cell survivalB cell survivalHumoral immunityPlasma cellsT cellsGerminal centersInhibitory functionCell survivalCells