Role of T cells and germinal center formation in the generation of immune responses to the thymus-independent carbohydrate dextran B512

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4646-4651

  Sverremark, Eva ^a,b   Fernandez, Carmen ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, T-INDEPENDENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLERA TOXIN; CLONAL DELETION; DENDRITIC CELLS; DEXTRANS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE I; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032213363     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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