Integrating signals from IFN-γ and IL-4 by B cells: Positive and negative effects on CD40 ligand-induced proliferation, survival, and division-linked isotype switching to IgG1, IgE, and IgG2a

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 4175-4181

  Hasbold, Jhagvaral ^a   Hong, Jonathan Sui Yin ^a   Kehry, Marilyn R ^b   Hodgkin, Philip D ^a,c  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 39; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD40 LIGAND; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LIGANDS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032828961     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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