The resolution of relapsing fever borreliosis requires IgM and is concurrent with expansion of B1b lymphocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3819-3827

  Alugupalli, Kishore R ^a   Gerstein, Rachel M ^a   Chen, Jianzhu ^b   Szomolanyi Tsuda, Eva ^a   Woodland, Robert T ^a   Leong, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CD23 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTEREMIA; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; T LYMPHOCYTE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037377972     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.7.3819     Document Type: Article

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