Autoreactive B cells get activated in extrafollicular sites

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3330-3333

  Weisel, Florian ^a   Wellmann, Ute ^a   Winkler, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; B cell; GC; Immune complexes

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERFERON; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COOPERATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEOSOMES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SPLEEN; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 37549052108     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737971     Document Type: Note

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