Clonal Expansions of B Lymphocytes in Old Mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3866-3874

  LeMaoult, Joël ^a   Delassus, Sylvie ^b   Dyall, Ruben ^c   Nikolić Žugić, Janko ^c   Kourilsky, Philippe ^b   Weksler, Marc E ^a,b,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CLONE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MESENTERY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CLONE CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MESENTERY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031572441     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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