%0 Journal Article
%T Recurrent Tonsillitis Tfh Cells Acquire a Killer Identity
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%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.it.2019.03.007
%X Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection causes recurrent tonsillitis (RT) in some individuals. A recent study (Dan et al. Sci. Transl. Med. 2019;11:eaau3776) demonstrates that RT is associated with an impaired antibody response against a key streptococcal virulence factor. This factor, SpeA, can induce abnormal T follicular helper (Tfh) cells that are able to kill B cells
%U https://www.cell.com/trends/immunology/fulltext/S1471-4906(19)30067-5