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Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 827480, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/827480
Clinical Study

Increased Frequency of Circulating Follicular Helper T Cells in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Jie Ma,1 Chenlu Zhu,1 Bin Ma,1 Jie Tian,1 Samuel Essien Baidoo,1 Chaoming Mao,2 Wei Wu,2 Jianguo Chen,1 Jia Tong,1 Min Yang,3 Zhijun Jiao,4 Huaxi Xu,1 Liwei Lu,3 and Shengjun Wang1

1Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated People’s Hospital, and School of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
3Department of Pathology and Center of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
4Zhenjiang Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China

Received 16 October 2011; Revised 24 January 2012; Accepted 31 January 2012

Academic Editor: E. Shevach

Copyright © 2012 Jie Ma et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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