Functional B-cell response in intrahepatic lymphoid follicles in chronic hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-150

  Murakami, Jun ^a   Shimizu, Yukihiro ^a   Kashi, Yoshiro ^a   Kato, Tsutomu ^a   Minemura, Masami ^a   Okada, Kazuhiko ^a   Nambu, Shuji ^a   Takahara, Terumi ^a   Higuchi, Kiyohiro ^a   Maeda, Yoshinobu ^a   Kumada, Tokimasa ^a   Watanabe, Akiharu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032995915     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300107     Document Type: Article

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