DNA repair and the immune system: From V(D)J recombination to aging lymphocytes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Rivera Munoz, Paola ^a,b   Malivert, Laurent ^a,b   Derdouch, Sonia ^a,b   Azerrad, Chantal ^a,b   Abramowski, Vincent ^a,b   Revy, Patreick ^a,b   de Villartay, Jean Pierre ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

CSR SHM; DNA repair; Homeostasis; Lymphomas; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIS PROTEIN; CERNUNNOS PROTEIN; DNA; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE IV; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL N GLYCOSYLASE;

AGING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CELL AGING; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CLONAL VARIATION; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTOXICITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA M; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE; VDJ EXON;

ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 36248955535     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737396     Document Type: Article

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