Lymphoid stroma in the initiation and control of immune responses

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 284-294

  Mueller, Scott N ^a   Ahmed, Rafi ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Fibroblastic reticular cells; Immune memory; Immune responses; Lymphocyte migration; Lymphoid stroma

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; INTEGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 7; L SELECTIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3BETA; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCULATION; FIBROBLAST; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOID CELL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETICULUM CELL; REVIEW; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 49249094945     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2008.00657.x     Document Type: Review

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