Cutting edge: B cell receptor signals regulate BLyS receptor levels in mature B cells and their immediate progenitors

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5820-5823

  Smith, Susan Harless ^a   Cancro, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; B LYMPHOCYTE STIMULATOR RECEPTOR; CD23 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; RNA 18S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037944169     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.12.5820     Document Type: Article

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