Regulation of IgG antibody responses by epitope density and CD21-mediated costimulation

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3305-3314

  Jegerlehner, Andrea ^a   Storni, Tazio ^a   Lipowsky, Gerd ^a   Schmid, Markus ^a   Pumpens, Paul ^b   Bachmann, Martin F ^a  

^a CYTOS BIOTECHNOLOGY AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Antibody response; CD19; CD21; CD81 complex; Epitope density; T cell help; Virus like particle

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; EPITOPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VIRUS PARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; B-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPES; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3B; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3D; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; VIRION;

EID: 0036856574     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200211)32:11<3305::AID-IMMU3305>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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