A new role for B cells in systemic autoimmunity: By cells promote spontaneous T cell activation in MRL-lpr/lpr mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-59

  Chan, Owen ^a   Shlomchik, Mark J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPLEEN;

EID: 0031882091     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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