A primitive T cell-independent mechanism of intestinal mucosal IgA responses to commensal bacteria

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5474, 2000, Pages 2222-2226

  Macpherson, Andrew J ^a   Gatto, Dominique ^a   Sainsbury, Elizabeth ^b   Harriman, Gregory R ^c   Hengartner, Hans ^a   Zinkernagel, Rolf M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTOCOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR; GERM-FREE LIFE; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PERITONEUM; PLASMA CELLS; PORINS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034705397     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5474.2222     Document Type: Article

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