B cells lacking RelB are defective in proliferative responses, but undergo normal B cell maturation to Ig secretion and Ig class switching

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1537-1541

  Snapper, Clifford M ^a   Rosas, Fabio R ^a   Zelazowski, Piotr ^a   Moorman, Mark A ^a   Kehry, Marilyn R ^b   Bravo, Rodrigo ^c   Weih, Falk ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; DEXTRAN ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL B; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, CD40; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-REL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029903486     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.4.1537     Document Type: Article

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