"Germinal Center" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The activated center of a lymphoid follicle in secondary lymphoid tissue where B-LYMPHOCYTES are stimulated by antigens and helper T cells (T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER) are stimulated to generate memory cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D018858
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A10.549.400.500 A15.382.520.604.412.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Germinal Center- Germinal Center
- Center, Germinal
- Centers, Germinal
- Germinal Centers
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Germinal Center" by people in Profiles.
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Rapid Germinal Center and Antibody Responses in Non-human Primates after a Single Nanoparticle Vaccine Immunization. Cell Rep. 2019 11 12; 29(7):1756-1766.e8.
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Plasma IL-5 but Not CXCL13 Correlates With Neutralization Breadth in HIV-Infected Children. Front Immunol. 2019; 10:1497.
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High-Frequency, Functional HIV-Specific T-Follicular Helper and Regulatory Cells Are Present Within Germinal Centers in Children but Not Adults. Front Immunol. 2018; 9:1975.