B cell receptor revision diminishes the autoreactive B cell response after antigen activation in mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2896-2907

  Wang, Ying Hua ^a   Diamond, Betty ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 48749089721     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI35618     Document Type: Article

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