Replication history of B lymphocytes reveals homeostatic proliferation and extensive antigen-induced B cell expansion

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 645-655

  Van Zelm, Menno C ^a   Szczepański, Tomasz ^a,b   Van Der Burg, Mirjam ^a   Van Dongen, Jacques J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENOME; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA REPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 33947431615     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20060964     Document Type: Article

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