Class switch recombination in selective IgA-deficient subjects

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 458-466

  Hummelshoj, L ^a   Ryder, L P ^a   Nielsen, L K ^a   Nielsen, C H ^a   Poulsen, L K ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

B cells; Class switch recombination; Human; IgA deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BINDING PROTEIN; CD40 ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; SYNDECAN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 33744491523     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03096.x     Document Type: Article

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