Arginine deficiency affects early B cell maturation and lymphoid organ development in transgenic mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1539-1548

  De Jonge, Wouter J ^a   Kwikkers, Karin L ^a   Te Velde, Anje A ^a   Van Deventer, Sander J H ^a   Nolte, Martijn A ^b   Mebius, Reina E ^b   Ruijter, Jan M ^a   Lamers, Marinus C ^c   Lamers, Wouter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGINASE; ARGININE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTESTINE CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0036854773     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI0216143     Document Type: Article

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