Activated human B cells: Stimulatory or tolerogenic antigen-presenting cells?

Blood

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 746-747

  Shimabukuro Vornhagen, Alexander ^a   Kondo, Eisei ^a   Liebig, Tanja ^a   Von Bergwelt Baildon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NOTE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 70149106222     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-03-212886     Document Type: Letter

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