CD137 is expressed by follicular dendritic cells and costimulates B lymphocyte activation in germinal centers

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-42

  Pauly, Susanne ^a   Broll, Karin ^a   Wittmann, Margarethe ^a   Giegerich, Gerhard ^a   Schwarz, Herbert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Cantab Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigen presenting cells; Hematoxylin eosin; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CD137 ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD137; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0036658720     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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