Hypergammaglobulinemia and autoantibody induction mechanisms in viral infections

Nature Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-349

  Hunziker, Lukas ^a,b   Recher, Mike ^a   Macpherson, Andrew J ^a   Ciurea, Adrian ^a   Freigang, Stefan ^a   Hengartner, Hans ^a   Zinkernagel, Rolf M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HELPER CELL; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0037384180     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni911     Document Type: Article

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