Human immune response to pneumococcal polysaccharides: Complement-mediated localization preferentially on CD21-positive splenic marginal zone B cells and follicular dendritic cells

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1015-1024

  Llopis, M J P ^a   Harms, G ^a   Hardonk, M J ^a   Timens, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CD21; CR2; follicular dendritic cells; marginal zone; pneumococcal polysaccharides; spleen; TI 2 response

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; PNEUMOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPLEEN FUNCTION;

EID: 0029912953     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)80078-9     Document Type: Article

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