T-independent antibody responses to T-dependent antigens: A novel follicular dendritic cell-dependent activity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3482-3491

  El Shikh, Mohey Eldin M ^a   El Sayed, Rania M ^a   Szakal, Andras K ^a   Tew, John G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; FC RECEPTOR IIB; GLYCOL SALICYLATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OVALBUMIN; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; THYMUS INDEPENDENT ANTIGEN; TNFSF13B PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; MURINAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; ANTIGENS, T-INDEPENDENT; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, NUDE; OVALBUMIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 65449173186     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802317     Document Type: Article

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