Ig heavy chain promotes mature B cell survival in the absence of light chain

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1659-1668

  Geraldes, Pedro ^a   Rebrovich, Michelle ^a   Herrmann, Kai ^c   Wong, Jamie ^d   Jäck, Hans Martin ^c   Wabl, Matthias ^d   Cascalho, Marilia ^a,b,e  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; PROTEIN BCL 6; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPLASM; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34548649502     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.3.1659     Document Type: Article

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