B cell acquisition of antigen in vivo

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-257

  Gonzalez, Santiago F ^a   Pitcher, Lisa A ^a   Mempel, Thorsten ^b   Schuerpf, Franziska ^c   Carroll, Michael C ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DecImmune Therapeutics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; FC RECEPTOR; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3BETA; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; RETICULUM CELL; REVIEW; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 67049136155     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2009.05.013     Document Type: Review

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