DNA immunization in relB-deficient mice discloses a role for dendritic cells in IgM→IgG1 switch in vivo

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 516-524

  Gerloni, Mara ^a   Lo, David ^b   Zanetti, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic cell; DNA immunization; Isotype switch

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; DNA; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RADIATION CHIMERA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPLEEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0031888497     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199802)28:02<516::AID-IMMU516>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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