Antigen-driven evolution of B lymphocytes in coronary atherosclerotic plaques

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2537-2544

  Burioni, Roberto ^a   Canducci, Filippo ^a   Saita, Diego ^a   Perotti, Mario ^a   Mancini, Nicasio ^a   De Marco, Donata ^a   Clementi, Nicola ^a   Chieffo, Alaide ^b   Denaro, Maurizio ^c   Cianflone, Domenico ^a   Manfredi, Angelo A ^a   Colombo, Antonio ^b   Maseri, Attilio ^d   Clementi, Massimo ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Bracco Imaging   (Italy)

^d Heart Care Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; AUTOANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN GENE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL CLONE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUTOANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONE CELLS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EID: 70149104300     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901076     Document Type: Article

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