Malignant B Cells Induce the Conversion of CD4+CD25− T Cells to Regulatory T Cells in B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Yixiang Han; Jianbo Wu; Laixi Bi; Shudao Xiong; Shenmeng Gao; Lihui Yin; Lei Jiang; Chiqi Chen; Kang Yu; Shenghui Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028649

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Malignant B Cells Induce the Conversion of CD4⁺CD25⁻ T Cells to Regulatory T Cells in B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Yixiang Han ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yixiang Han, Jianbo Wu, Laixi Bi

Affiliation Laboratory of internal medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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Jianbo Wu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yixiang Han, Jianbo Wu, Laixi Bi

Affiliation Laboratory of internal medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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Laixi Bi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yixiang Han, Jianbo Wu, Laixi Bi

Affiliation Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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Shudao Xiong,

Affiliation Department of Hematology/Oncology, the Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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Shenmeng Gao,

Affiliation Laboratory of internal medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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Lihui Yin,

Affiliation Laboratory of internal medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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Lei Jiang,

Affiliation Laboratory of internal medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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Chiqi Chen,

Affiliation Laboratory of internal medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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Kang Yu,

Affiliation Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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Shenghui Zhang

* E-mail: shenghuizhang1@126.com

Affiliations Laboratory of internal medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education, and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China
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Malignant B Cells Induce the Conversion of CD4⁺CD25⁻ T Cells to Regulatory T Cells in B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Yixiang Han,
Jianbo Wu,
Laixi Bi,
Shudao Xiong,
Shenmeng Gao,
Lihui Yin,
Lei Jiang,
Chiqi Chen,
Kang Yu,
Shenghui Zhang

Published: December 9, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028649

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