IgA Class Switch Occurs in the Organized Nasopharynx- and Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue, but Not in the Diffuse Lamina Propria of Airways and Gut

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 6259-6264

  Shikina, Takashi ^a,b   Hiroi, Takachika ^a,c,e   Iwatani, Kohichi ^a   Jang, Myoung Ho ^a   Fukuyama, Satoshi ^a,d   Tamura, Manabu ^b   Kubo, Takeshi ^b   Ishikawa, Hiromichi ^c   Kiyono, Hiroshi ^a,c,e  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 2442479518     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.10.6259     Document Type: Article

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