Lymph node germinal centers form in the absence of follicular dendritic cell networks

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 855-864

  Koni, Pandelakis A ^a   Flavell, Richard A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell memory; Follicular dendritic cells; Germinal centers; Knockout mice; Lymphotoxin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; LYMPH NODE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; LYMPHOTOXIN-BETA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESENTERY; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION;

EID: 0033103158     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.5.855     Document Type: Article

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