BAFF is a survival and maturation factor for mouse B cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2004-2010

  Rolink, Antonius G ^a   Tschopp, Jürg ^b   Schneider, Pascal ^b   Melchers, Fritz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BAFF; Immature B cell; Maturation; Mature B cells; Survival

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; CD23 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036312654     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200207)32:7<2004::AID-IMMU2004>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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