B-cell activation and development within chronically inflamed synovium in rheumatoid and reactive arthritis

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-268

  Berek, Claudia ^a   Kim, Hye Jung ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germinal center; Memory B cell; Plasma cell; Rheumatic disease; Somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INFLAMMATION; MEMORY CELL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0031213844     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1997.0076     Document Type: Article

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