Human IgA- and IgM-secreting intestinal plasma cells carry heavily mutated V(H) region genes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2971-2977

  Fischer, Matthias ^a   Küppers, Ralf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human plasma cell; Single cell PCR; Small intestine; Somatic hypermutation; Variable region gene

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; JEJUNUM; MALE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INTESTINES; MUTATION; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 0031716551     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199809)28:09<2971::AID-IMMU2971>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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