Autoantigen-specific B cell activation in Fas-deficient rheumatoid factor immunoglobulin transgenic mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 639-649

  Wang, Haowei ^a   Shlomchik, Mark J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmunity; B cell tolerance; IgG; Systemic lupus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FAS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SELF TOLERANCE; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032841840     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.190.5.639     Document Type: Article

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