Spontaneous increase of plasma-like cells with high GANP expression in the extrafollicular region of lymphoid organs of autoimmune-prone mice

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-301

  Fujimura, Satoru ^a   Kuwahara, Kazuhiko ^a   Ezaki, Taichi ^b   Tomita, Kimio ^a   Hirose, Sachiko ^c   Sakaguchi, Nobuo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune state; Germinal center; Plasma cells; RNA primase

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BROXURIDINE; DNA PRIMASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PRIMER RNA; SYNDECAN 1; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0038617505     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-8411(03)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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