Altered selection processes of B lymphocytes in autoimmune NZB/W mice, despite intact central tolerance against DNA

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2800-2810

  Wellmann, Ute ^a   Werner, Annick ^a   Winkler, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anti DNA; B cell tolerance; Marginal zone B cell; NZB W

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DNA; DNA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEW ZEALAND BLACK MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW; DNA; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NZB; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SELF TOLERANCE; SPLEEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034801830     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200109)31:9<2800::AID-IMMU2800>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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