Correlation between the avidity maturation of anti-HSP70 IgG autoantibody and recombination activating gene expressions in peripheral lymphoid tissues of Toxoplasma gondii-infected mice

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-221

  Chen, Mei ^a   Aosai, Fumie ^a   Mun, Hye Seong ^a   Norose, Kazumi ^a   Piao, Lian Xun ^a   Yano, Akihiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Avidity maturation; RAG; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MATURATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM CELL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0037243479     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03390.x     Document Type: Article

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