B lymphocyte life span, rate of division and differentiation are regulated by total cell number

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1063-1069

  Agenès, Fabien ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; Competition; Homeostasis; Lymphopenia; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BONE MARROW; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIFESPAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOPENIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 0038406341     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200323550     Document Type: Article

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