Evidence for an important interaction between a complement-derived CD21 ligand on follicular dendritic cells and CD21 on B cells in the initiation of IgG responses

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4549-4554

  Qin, Dahui ^a   Wu, Jiuhua ^a   Carroll, Michael C ^c   Burton, Gregory F ^a   Szakal, Andras K ^b   Tew, John G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIGAND; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3D;

EID: 0032211091     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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