B-cell homeostasis, competition, resources, and positive selection by self-antigens

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 102-115

  Gaudin, Emmanuelle ^a   Rosado, Manuela ^b   Agenes, Fabien ^c   Mclean, Angela ^d   Freitas, Antonio A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; GLUTATHIONE; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIGAND; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MCL 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLOTYPE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL CLONE; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHIMERA; CROSS LINKING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KINETICS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PARABIOSIS; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; SPLEEN;

EID: 0942279504     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2004.0095.x     Document Type: Review

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