Divide and conquer: The importance of cell division in regulating B-cell responses

Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-520

  Tangye, Stuart G ^a   Hodgkin, Philip D ^b  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibody responses; B cells; Cell division; Ig secretion; Lymphocyte differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CD70 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOTOXIN; TETANUS TOXOID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; CYTOLOGY; GENE SWITCHING; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MICE;

EID: 4043108358     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2004.01950.x     Document Type: Review

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