Essential role of IL-21 in B cell activation, expansion, and plasma cell generation during CD4+ T cell-B cell collaboration

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5886-5896

  Kuchen, Stefan ^a   Robbins, Rachel ^a   Sims, Gary P ^a,c   Sheng, Chen ^a   Phillips, Terence M ^b   Lipsky, Peter E ^a   Ettinger, Rachel ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 21; MESSENGER RNA; ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BLOOD CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MEMORY CELL; NATURAL SCIENCE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; SECRETION;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, CD3; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 38049110981     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.9.5886     Document Type: Article

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