Direct cell/cell communication in the lymphoid germinal center: Connexin43 gap junctions functionally couple follicular dendritic cells to each other and to B lymphocytes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1489-1497

  Krenacs, Tibor ^a,c   Van Dartel, Maike ^b   Lindhout, Ernst ^b   Rosendaal, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Direct intercellular communication; Follicular dendiritc cell; Gap junction; Germinal center

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 43; FLUORESCENT DYE; LUCIFER YELLOW; LYSOZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DESMOSOME; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPLEEN; TONSIL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CONNEXIN 43; DENDRITIC CELLS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; ISOQUINOLINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MURAMIDASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TONSIL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030918234     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830270627     Document Type: Article

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