Spontaneous B cell hyperactivity in autoimmune-prone MRL mice

International Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1127-1137

  Nijnik, Anastasia ^a   Ferry, Helen ^a   Lewis, Graham ^a   Rapsomaniki, Eleni ^a   Leung, Janson C H ^a   Daser, Angelika ^a   Lambe, Teresa ^a   Goodnow, Christopher C ^b   Cornall, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYSOZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; HEN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, CD95; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745236701     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxl047     Document Type: Article

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