B-Cell Activation in Vitro by Helper T Cells Specific to Region α146-162 of Torpedo californica Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3192-3199

  Rosenberg, Jana S ^a   Oshima, Minako ^a   Atassi, M Zouhair ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; COCULTURE; CROSS REACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMA CELL; SECRETION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TH2 CELL; TORPEDO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CROSS REACTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EPITOPES; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE COOPERATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMA CELLS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TH2 CELLS; TORPEDO;

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