Evidence that recurrent Group A streptococcus tonsillitis is animmunosusceptibility disease involving antibody deficiency and aberrant Tfh cells
J. M. Dan, C. Havenar-Daughton, K. Kendric, K. Kaushik, S. Rosales, E. Anderson, C. LaRock, P. Vijayanand, G. Seumois, D. Layfield, R. Cutress, C. Ottensmeier, C. Lindestam Arlehamn, A. Sette, V. Nizet, , S. Crotty
The paper investigates recurrent Group A Streptococcus tonsillitis and finds it involves antibody deficiency and aberrant Tfh cells, with genetic factors contributing to susceptibility.
bioRxiv · Jun 27, 2018Immunology