N-acetylcysteine inhibits the induction of an antigen-specific antibody response down-regulating CD40 and CD27 co-stimulatory molecules

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 254-264

  Giordani, L ^a   Quaranta, M G ^a   Malorni, W ^a   Boccanera, M ^a   Giacomini, E ^a   Viora, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antigen specific antibody response; Co stimulatory molecules; Human B cells; N acetylcysteine; Polyclonal immunoglobulin production

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIGEN; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CANDIDA ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; POKEWEED MITOGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INHIBITION KINETICS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELLS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, CD27; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIOXIDANTS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINES; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036379289     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01897.x     Document Type: Article

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