Seeing is believing: A focus on the contribution of microscopic imaging to our understanding of immune system function

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Bajénoff, Marc ^a   Germain, Ronald N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Imaging; Immuno fluorescence; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOTHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GERMINAL CENTER; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULUM CELL; STROMA CELL; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VENULE;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 36248952699     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737663     Document Type: Article

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