The immature B-cell subpopulation with low RAG1 expression is increased in the autoimmune New Zealand Black mouse

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 600-611

  Toda, Teppei ^a   Kitabatake, Masahiro ^a   Igarashi, Hideya ^a   Sakaguchi, Nobuo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; IRF 4; Pre B cell; Rag; Receptor editing

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; RAG1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MARROW; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEW ZEALAND BLACK MOUSE; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NZB; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID;

EID: 60749105525     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838644     Document Type: Article

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