Where do IgA plasma cells in the gut come from?

Gut

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 150-151

  Golby, S J C ^a   Spencer, Jo ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CIRCULAR DNA; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENTERITIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHEMOKINES, CC; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 0036073638     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.51.2.150     Document Type: Short Survey

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