Expression of essential B cell genes and immunoglobulin isotypes suggests active development and gene recombination during equine gestation

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1027-1038

  Tallmadge, Rebecca L ^a   McLaughlin, Kristin ^a   Secor, Erica ^a   Ruano, Diana ^a   Matychak, Mary Beth ^a   Flaminio, M Julia B F ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

B cell ontogeny; Foal; Horse; Humoral response; Immunoglobulins

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HORSE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 67349284672     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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