Increase in tonsillar germinal centre B-1 cell numbers in IgA nephropathy (IgAN) patients and reduced susceptibility to Fas-mediated apoptosis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 301-308

  Kodama, S ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Arita, M ^a   Mogi, G ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B 1 cell apoptosis; IgA nephropathy; Mucosal immunity; Tonsillar focal infection

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCING CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TONSIL;

EID: 0035111159     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2001.01431.x     Document Type: Article

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