BAFF and the plasticity of peripheral B cell tolerance

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-161

  Stadanlick, Jason E ^a   Cancro, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; BREAKPOINT CLUSTER REGION PROTEIN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B-CELL ACTIVATION FACTOR RECEPTOR; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 44749093822     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2008.03.015     Document Type: Review

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