BCA-1/CXCL13 expression is associated with CXCR5-positive B-cell cluster formation in acute renal transplant rejection

Kidney International

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1616-1621

  Steinmetz, Oliver M ^b   Panzer, Ulf ^a   Kneissler, Ursula ^b   Harendza, Sigrid ^b   Lipp, Martin ^b   Helmchen, Udo ^b   Stahl, Rolf A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CCL21; Chemokine receptor; Inflammation; Kidney transplantation; Lymphoid chemokine; SLC

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIBODY; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE CXCL13; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 16244408001     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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