T cell-independent response to Brucella-insulin identifies a preimmune repertoire for insulin

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2334-2341

  Thomas, James W ^a   Kralick, Patricia M ^a   Ewulonu, U Kevin ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b T 3219 Medical Center North ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; INSULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THYMUS INDEPENDENT ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSULINOMA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, T-INDEPENDENT; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INSULIN; INSULINOMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

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