B-cell activation by superstimulatory influenza virus hemagglutinin: A pathogenesis for autoimmunity?

Immunological Reviews

Volumn , Issue 152, 1996, Pages 67-88

  Cash, Evelyne ^a   Charreire, Jeannine ^a,b   Rott, Ortwin ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Hopital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CALCIUM ION; CD28 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMAGGLUTININ; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; VIRUS PROTEIN; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CLONAL ANERGY; CROSS REACTION; ETIOLOGY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYROID DISEASE; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0029658203     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1996.tb00911.x     Document Type: Review

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