In situ studies of the primary immune response to (4-Hydroxy-3-Nitrophenyl)acetyl IV. Affinity-dependent, antigen-driven B cell apoptosis in germinal centers as a mechanism for maintaining self-tolerance

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1635-1644

  Han, Shuhua ^a   Zheng, Biao ^a   Dal Porto, Joseph ^a   Kelsoe, Garnett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CD40 LIGAND; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE COOPERATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROPHENOLS; SPLEEN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028785538     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.182.6.1635     Document Type: Article

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