Cutting Edge: IL-21 Is a Switch Factor for the Production of IgG 1 and IgG3 by Human B Cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5154-5157

  Pène, Jérôme ^a   Gauchat, Jean François ^b   Lécart, Sandrine ^a   Drouet, Elodie ^c   Guglielmi, Paul ^c   Boulay, Vera ^a   Delwail, Adriana ^d   Foster, Don ^e   Lecron, Jean Claude ^d   Yssel, Hans ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^e ZYMOGENETICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CIRCULAR DNA; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; INTERLEUKIN 12; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE SWITCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 11144355735     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.9.5154     Document Type: Article

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