Hepatitis B virus core antigen binds and activates naive human B cells in vivo: Studies with a human PBL-NOD/SCID mouse model

Journal of Virology

Volumn 75, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 6359-6366

  Cao, T ^a   Lazdina, U ^a   Desombere, I ^a   Vanlandschoot, P ^a   Milich, D R ^a   Sallberg M ^a   Leroux Roels, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FETAL BLOOD; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, SCID; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0034984750     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.14.6359-6366.2001     Document Type: Article

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