Induction of antigen-specific isotype switching by in vitro immunization of human naive B lymphocytes

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 181-190

  Zafiropoulos, Alexandros ^b   Andersson, Eva ^a   Krambovitis, Elias ^b   Borrebaeck, Carl A K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

antibody, human; helper epitope; IgG; in vitro immunization; isotype switch; tetanus toxoid; V3 loop peptide

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, CD40; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TETANUS TOXOID;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0031022030     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(96)00207-4     Document Type: Article

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