Severe impairment of B cell function in lpr/lpr mice expressing transgenic Fas selectively on B cells

International Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1035-1042

  Komano, Hajime ^a   Ikegami, Yuko ^a   Yokoyama, Minesuke ^a   Suzuki, Rika ^a   Yonehara, Shin ^b   Yamasaki, Yoshiki ^c   Shinohara, Nobukata ^a,d  

^a MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JT Inc   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; B cell; Fas; lpr

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FAS ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0032775504     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.7.1035     Document Type: Article

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