Effect of age on humoral immunity, selection of the B-cell repertoire and B-cell development

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 160, Issue , 1997, Pages 115-126

  LeMaoult, Joël ^a   Szabo, Paul ^a   Weksler, Marc E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VACCINE;

AGING; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS;

EID: 0031436582     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1997.tb01032.x     Document Type: Review

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