CD44 is dispensable for B lymphopoiesis

Immunology Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-75

  Bradl, Harald ^a   Schuh, Wolfgang ^a   Jäck, Hans Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

B cell activation; B cell maturation; BM; bone marrow; CD44; CFU GM; colony forming unit granulocyte macrophage; CTL; cytotoxic T cell function; Ig; immunoglobulin; pre B cell receptor; pre BCR

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; HERMES ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4 ANTIBODY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SPLEEN;

EID: 4344572151     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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