Diversity of the Ig repertoire is maintained with age in spite of reduced germinal centre cells in human tonsil lymphoid tissue

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-324

  Kolar, G R ^a   Mehta, D ^a   Wilson, P C ^a   Capra, J D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERMINAL CENTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; TONSIL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TONSIL;

EID: 33747052004     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2006.01817.x     Document Type: Article

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