Plasma cell development in synovial germinal centers in patients with rheumatoid and reactive arthritis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3053-3062

  Kim, Hye Jung ^a   Krenn, Veit ^b   Steinhauser, Gudrun ^a   Berek, Claudia ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^b Deutsches Rheuma F ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD20; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033105654     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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