CXCR5-deficient mice develop functional germinal centers in the splenic T cell zone

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 560-567

  Voigt, Ileana ^a   Camacho, Stephanie A ^a,c   De Boer, Bauke A ^a   Lipp, Martin ^b   Förster, Reinhold ^b   Berek, Claudia ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity maturation; B cell migration; Chemokine receptor; Ectopic germinal centers; Follicular dendritic cell

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; OXAZOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE MUTATION; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL CENTER; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033955708     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200002)30:2<560::AID-IMMU560>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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