Memory B cells are biased towards terminal differentiation: A strategy that may prevent repertoire freezing

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 931-940

  Arpin, Christophe ^a   Banchereau, Jacques ^a   Liu, Yong Jun ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEMORY CELL; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD40 LIGAND; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; PLASMA CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; TONSIL;

EID: 0030984447     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.6.931     Document Type: Article

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