Maintenance of human germinal center B cells in vitro

Blood

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 919-928

  Pound, John D ^a   Gordon, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PALATINE TONSIL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030894985     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v89.3.919     Document Type: Article

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