The fate of self-reactive B cells depends primarily on the degree of antigen receptor engagement and availability of T cell help

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2313-2328

  Fulcher, D A ^a,c   Lyons, A B ^b   Korn, S L ^a   Cook, M C ^a   Koleda, C ^c   Parish, C ^b   De Fazekas St Groth, B ^a   Basten, A ^a  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; LYSOZYME; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICKENS; CHIMERA; CROSSES, GENETIC; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTHERAPY, ADOPTIVE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030008694     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.5.2313     Document Type: Article

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