Cutting edge: Cellular Fas-associated death domain-like IL-1-converting enzyme-inhibitory protein protects germinal center B cells from apoptosis during germinal center reactions

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 6473-6476

  Van Eijk, Marco ^a,c   Medema, Jan Paul ^b   De Groot, Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Tanox Pharma BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CD40 ANTIGEN; FLICE INHIBITORY PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TONSIL;

EID: 0035336391     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.11.6473     Document Type: Article

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