Generation of Immunoglobulin diversity in human gut-associated lymphoid tissue

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-146

  Spencer, Jo ^a   Barone, Francesca ^a   Dunn Walters, Deborah ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gut associated lymphoid tissue; IgA; Immunoglobulin; Light chain revision; Somatic hypermutation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LYMPH FOLLICLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; REVIEW; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTERIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; INTESTINES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

EID: 65749095462     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2009.01.003     Document Type: Review

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