# Editorial: Follicular helper T cells in immunity and autoimmunity, volume II **Authors:** Shahram Salek-Ardakani, Georgia Fousteri, Maria Pia Cicalese PMC · DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1790802 · Frontiers in Immunology · 2026-02-09 ## Full-text entities - **Genes:** IFNG (interferon gamma) [NCBI Gene 3458] {aka IFG, IFI, IMD69}, THEMIS (thymocyte selection associated) [NCBI Gene 387357] {aka C6orf190, C6orf207, GASP, SPOT, THEMIS1, TSEPA}, TRBV20OR9-2 (T cell receptor beta variable 20/OR9-2 (non-functional)) [NCBI Gene 6962] {aka CDR3, TCRBV20S2, TCRBV2O, TCRBV2S2O}, IL4 (interleukin 4) [NCBI Gene 3565] {aka BCGF-1, BCGF1, BSF-1, BSF1, IL-4}, FLT3LG (fms related receptor tyrosine kinase 3 ligand) [NCBI Gene 2323] {aka FL, FLG3L, FLT3L, IMD125}, IL21 (interleukin 21) [NCBI Gene 59067] {aka CVID11, IL-21, Za11}, CD4 (CD4 molecule) [NCBI Gene 920] {aka CD4mut, IMD79, Leu-3, OKT4D, T4}, CXCR5 (C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 5) [NCBI Gene 643] {aka BLR1, CD185, MDR15}, ICOS (inducible T cell costimulator) [NCBI Gene 29851] {aka AILIM, CD278, CVID1}, CCL2 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 2) [NCBI Gene 6347] {aka GDCF-2, HC11, HSMCR30, MCAF, MCP-1, MCP1}, CD8A (CD8 subunit alpha) [NCBI Gene 925] {aka CD8, CD8alpha, IMD116, Leu2, p32}, CXCL13 (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 13) [NCBI Gene 10563] {aka ANGIE, ANGIE2, BCA-1, BCA1, BLC, BLR1L}, CCR2 (C-C motif chemokine receptor 2) [NCBI Gene 729230] {aka CC-CKR-2, CCR-2, CCR2A, CCR2B, CD192, CKR2}, TFRC (transferrin receptor) [NCBI Gene 7037] {aka CD71, IMD46, T9, TFR, TFR1, TR}, BCL6 (BCL6 transcription repressor) [NCBI Gene 604] {aka BCL5, BCL6A, LAZ3, ZBTB27, ZNF51}, TCF7 (transcription factor 7) [NCBI Gene 6932] {aka TCF-1} - **Diseases:** immune dysregulation (OMIM:614878), infectious disease (MESH:D003141), Tfh-lineage lymphomas (MESH:D008223), autoimmunity (MESH:D001327), myeloma (MESH:D009101), infection (MESH:D007239), cancer (MESH:D009369), nTFHL-F (OMIM:102510), arthritis (MESH:D001168), inflammation (MESH:D007249), follicular lymphoma (MESH:D008224), chronic infection (MESH:D000088562), RA (MESH:D001172), nTFHLs (MESH:D016399), angioimmunoblastic (MESH:D007119), hematologic disease (MESH:D006402) - **Chemicals:** BzATP (MESH:C033901), ATP (MESH:D000255), MitoQ (MESH:C429014), 2-DG (MESH:D003847), CHOP (-) - **Species:** LCMV [taxon 11623], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606] ## Full text _Full body text omitted from this summary view._ Fetch the complete paper as Markdown: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12926768/full.md ## References 6 references — full list in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12926768/full.md --- Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12926768