B cells are required for lupus nephritis in the polygenic, Fas-intact MRL model of systemic autoimmunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3592-3596

  Chan, Owen T M ^a   Madaio, Michael P ^b   Shlomchik, Mark J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FAS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOPENIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0033214474     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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