Gap-junction communication pathways in germinal center reactions

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 111-118

  Krenacs, Tibor ^a,b   Rosendaal, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Gap junctions; Germinal center; Immune response; Intercellular communication

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; LUCIFER YELLOW; MESSENGER RNA;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS; TONSIL;

EID: 0031690606     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/45913     Document Type: Conference Paper

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