Many human peripheral VH5-expressing IgM+ B cells display a unique heavy-chain rearrangement

International Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-116

  Lim, Annick ^a,b   Lemercier, Brigitte ^a,b   Wertz, Xavier ^c   Pottier, Sarah Lesjean ^b   Huetz, François ^d   Kourilsky, Philippe ^a,c  

^a Unité du développement des lymphocytes   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Clone size; Human; Repertoire; Somatic mutation diversity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 37549018500     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxm125     Document Type: Article

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