A single helper T cell clone is sufficient to commit polyclonal naive B cells to produce pathogenic IgG in experimental pemphigus vulgaris

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1740-1745

  Takahashi, Hayato ^a   Kuwana, Masataka ^a   Amagai, Masayuki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN 3; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; DSG3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CLONE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PEMPHIGUS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONE CELLS; DESMOGLEIN 3; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PEMPHIGUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 63149093146     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.182.3.1740     Document Type: Article

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