Efficient peripheral clonal elimination of B lymphocytes in MRL/lpr mice bearing autoantibody transgenes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 909-917

  Kench, Jennifer A ^a,b   Russell, David M ^a   Nemazee, David ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; B lymphocyte; MRL lpr; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONAL DELETION; H-2 ANTIGENS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNE SERA; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0032494194     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.5.909     Document Type: Article

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