The immune geography of IgA induction and function

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-22

  MacPherson, A J ^a   McCoy, K D ^a   Johansen, F E ^b   Brandtzaeg, P ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRIL PROTEIN; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; B CELL MATURATION ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR10; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; L SELECTIN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MUCOSAL ADDRESSIN CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSMEMBRANE ACTIVATOR AND CAML INTERACTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 4;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CHOLERA; COMMENSAL; ENTEROPATHY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFLUENZA; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

EID: 42749092211     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2007.6     Document Type: Review

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