Regulation of switching and production of IgA in human B cells in donors with duplicated α1 genes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3622-3630

  Pan, Qiang ^a,b   Petit Frére, Corinne ^a,b   Dai, Shu Jing ^a,b   Huang, Ping ^a,b   Morton, H Craig ^c   Brandtzaeg, Per ^c   Hammarström, Lennart ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Biosciences at Novum   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Evolution; Human; IgA; Isotype switching

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS;

ADULT; AGE; ANATOMY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALIVA;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS;

EID: 0035666864     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200112)31:12<3622::AID-IMMU3622>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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