Germinal centers in human lymph nodes contain reactivated memory B cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 204, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2655-2665

  Bende, Richard J ^a   Van Maldegem, Febe ^a   Triesscheijn, Martijn ^a   Wormhoudt, Thera A M ^a   Guijt, Richard ^a   Van Noesel, Carel J M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MICRODISSECTION; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CLONE CELLS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 35748981215     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20071006     Document Type: Article

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