A novel mouse with B cells but lacking serum antibody reveals an antibody-independent role for B cells in murine lupus

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1639-1647

  Chan, Owen T M ^a   Hannum, Lynn G ^a   Haberman, Ann 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

Antigen presentation; Nephritis; T cell; Transgenic; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUPUS; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEPHRITIS; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033577903     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.10.1639     Document Type: Article

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