Antagonist anti-human CD40 antibody inhibits germinal center formation in cynomolgus monkeys

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3446-3455

  de Vos, Alex F ^a   Melief, Marie José ^a   van Riel, Debby ^a   Boon, Louis ^b   van Eijk, Marco ^b   de Boer, Mark ^b   Laman, Jon D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PanGenetics BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Costimulation; Follicular dendritic cells; Memory B cells; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CD40 LIGAND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; CHIMERIC ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MACACA; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, CD40; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; SPLEEN;

EID: 10944261950     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200424973     Document Type: Article

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