BAFFled B cells survive and thrive: Roles of BAFF in B-cell development

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 266-275

  Rolink, Antonius G ^a   Melchers, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B-CELL ACTIVATION FACTOR RECEPTOR; B-CELL MATURATION ANTIGEN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TRANSMEMBRANE ACTIVATOR AND CAML INTERACTOR PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036533385     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(02)00332-1     Document Type: Review

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